Re: RE: Re: Vacuum 101

From: Eric Hufstedler (huffy340@gmail.com)
Date: Sun Sep 23 2007 - 18:17:50 EDT


> The scanner said 10 in HG,and my gauge said about 19.

If the two reading were taken at the same time, then one is
pressure, the other is vacuum. Pressure + vacuum = ~29".

The vacuum gauge really just reports atmospheric pressure minus
measure pressure, which is why vac gauges usually only go up to
about 30".



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