MAC702
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Using SI is appropriate term and it is not colloquialism....
I didn't say it was.
Regardless, my point was clearly about insisting on correcting someone's terms.
I don't say luminaire, either.
Using SI is appropriate term and it is not colloquialism....
I didn't say it was.
Regardless, my point was clearly about insisting on correcting someone's terms.
I don't say luminaire, either.
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Well I have been put in my place. I don't recall the last time I was accused of being "vulgar" - "uncouth" regularly, but not vulgar.
I promise I will henceforth no longer use kBTUs/hour (apparent) to rate transformers. Moving forward, I will use kJoules/second (apparent)
And in the interest of harmony, I will no longer use gallons/mile for fuel consumption. I will now use mm^2 per 100,000.
Without accusing you of any in-appropriate, colloquialism, shouldn't that have been "metre"
the worm
(turneth - and begins to dig
Interesting. But IEC? The IEC would suggest for the European market but Europe is 50Hz and 400V.
I don't know any country that is 440V, 60Hz.
UK used to be 440V/250V but never 60Hz.
A puzzler
Using SI is appropriate term and it is not colloquialism.
Metric is not often used in academia like it used to.
Although some consider colloquialism as a style. . . it is considered vulgar or incorrect. . . which SI is not.
Metric has been abrogated. . . it is an old school legacy.
The base unit of meter that defines unit of length is the coherent unit of volume.
In the context of wood (for firewood)-- metric-- the volume is referred to as: a cord of wood.
You may still keep it alive (metric) if you live in the boondocks where you purchase and use wood for cooking and heating.
SI is now the mainstream. . . in science and it is not colloquial.
And I agree with Bes, it is a YES for SI
It also means YES in Spanish.
I think you misread my post, sir. I said feel free to chalk up the word "metric" to colloquialism or jargon, not the initialism "SI." In other words, everyone knew what was meant, and there was no need to "correct" someone for using a term everyone understood. Feel free to use the technically correct foreign initialism yourself, and others will use the term with which they are more accustomed. NO ONE IS WRONG. I learned both terms in school, and use both terms. We are allowed to be less technical. There are so many things worth correcting, and that's not one of them, especially when every opportunity is taken by some to be smug by "correcting" it.Not everyone is rubbing elbows with academics. You are negating your statement when you say "chalk it up" to colloquialism. . .and now you are saying feel free because everyone knows it.
What grates in my ears is when you say "stop correcting".
Well. . . who are you?
It’s not uncommon for motor manufacturers, especially Asian ones, to re-label their IEC 50Hz motors for dale here by simply putting our equivalent voltages as they would apply at 60 Hz. Unfortunately many of them misinterpret our standards because they read old literature or just ask someone else who doesn’t really know. 440V has not been a standard here for multiple decades, yet that idea persists.
Have we?On topic, we've now established not to use a "110 V" motor on a nominal 120 V supply?
I think Westinghouse/TECO would be aware.My thoughts exactly. If the person in China responsible for translating the nameplate was aware of how motors are really labeled here, he would have put 460 on the nameplate. Same hardware inside!
Downtime if/when the motor fails. I commented on that earlier in this thread.Run the motor. See how hot it gets. Nothing to lose.
Yes, you did, in fact, quote a sign at a facility that has nothing to do with the client. (Unless you have a secret decoder ring shared with the OP.)Downtime if/when the motor fails. I commented on that earlier in this thread.
The exchange rate at the time would have made it over $10k per hour.
Get the right motor for the job!!
I'm simply suggesting that there could be a cost the user might face by using an unsuitable motor operating outside the nameplate limits. A cost that could potentially be far greater than purchasing the correct motor for the application.Yes, you did, in fact, quote a sign at a facility that has nothing to do with the client. (Unless you have a secret decoder ring shared with the OP.)
The Internet remembers. Once a photograph of the culprit is uploaded, it's out there forever.,,, no one will remember the motor had anything to do with it.
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