boost guage bars

[Tenzodelsol]

This is probably a really stupid question but since we all know I am a nooB bear with me

what is one boost bar equilivalent to in psi I have an APC boost guage and it has like five hash marks before the 1 bar it goes up to 15, down to negative 10 and rests of course at zero but can anyone tell me how to effectively read it

thanks

 

[Slo86GT]

1 bar = about 14.5 PSI.

 

[HellBentHONDA]

1 bar=14.7 psi

 

[CRX-YEM]

SiR Kid is correct
1 bar = 14.50377 pound/inch^2

 

[HellBentHONDA]

yeah your both right. its not the same as atmospheric pressure.

i bar is equal to .9869 atmoshere (14.7 psi at sea level)

14.50743 psi

standard engineering 2nd page

 

[Slo86GT]

I covered both bases with the "about" that I threw in there.

 

[tssd08]

So is it just coincidence that 1 kg/cm^2 is *about* equal to 1 bar? I think 1 kg/cm^2 = 14.2 psi or something??

 

[Slo86GT]

1 kg/cm^2 = 1 bar.

"Bar" is a technical term for pressure like "Newton" is a term for force. It is a short term for a wordy and complicated unit of measure.