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Paul
August 5th 03, 07:22 AM
how many litres to a gallon?

I only ask as I am in Australia and we have the spiffy metric system here...

Dave S
August 5th 03, 07:46 AM
Hi Paul - Will this help?

Dave

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"Paul" > wrote in message
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> how many litres to a gallon?
>
> I only ask as I am in Australia and we have the spiffy metric system
here...
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>

Dave S
August 5th 03, 07:49 AM
Sorry forgot to insert the link........

http://www.onlineconversion.com/

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"Paul" > wrote in message
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> how many litres to a gallon?
>
> I only ask as I am in Australia and we have the spiffy metric system
here...
>
>

Paul
August 5th 03, 07:58 AM
doh! I can't view the web as I am at work. not to worry I will ook it up
tonight.

thankyou, this newsgroup really is full of wonderful, helpful, people.


Dave S wrote in message ...
>Sorry forgot to insert the link........
>
>http://www.onlineconversion.com/
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>"Paul" > wrote in message
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>> how many litres to a gallon?
>>
>> I only ask as I am in Australia and we have the spiffy metric system
>here...
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>>
>
>

Dave S
August 5th 03, 08:26 AM
1 gal(UK) = 4.54 litres
1 gal(US) = 3.79 litres

HTH - Dave

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"Paul" > wrote in message
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> doh! I can't view the web as I am at work. not to worry I will ook it up
> tonight.
>
> thankyou, this newsgroup really is full of wonderful, helpful, people.
>
>
> Dave S wrote in message ...
> >Sorry forgot to insert the link........
> >
> >http://www.onlineconversion.com/
> >
> >--
> >www.aegis.uk.com
> >"Paul" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> how many litres to a gallon?
> >>
> >> I only ask as I am in Australia and we have the spiffy metric system
> >here...
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

Dinky
August 5th 03, 12:52 PM
"Paul" > wrote in message
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> how many litres to a gallon?
>
> I only ask as I am in Australia and we have the spiffy metric system
here...
>
>
Freeware util called "Convert".
http://www.joshmadison.com/software
Convert almost anything to almost anything. Damned useful.

Donald Kerns
August 5th 03, 02:53 PM
Paul wrote:

> how many litres to a gallon?
>
> I only ask as I am in Australia and we have the spiffy metric system
> here...

Um... people will give you conversion factors with lots of places after
the decimal point, but for everyday use 1 gallon = 4 liters is probably
good enough to get your head around rough tank sizes.

-D
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"When you've lost your ability to laugh, you've lost your ability to
think straight." -To Inherit the Wind

GuardedResponse
August 5th 03, 11:30 PM
"Donald Kerns" > wrote in message
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> Paul wrote:
>
> > how many litres to a gallon?
> >
> > I only ask as I am in Australia and we have the spiffy metric system
> > here...
>
> Um... people will give you conversion factors with lots of places after
> the decimal point, but for everyday use 1 gallon = 4 liters is probably
> good enough to get your head around rough tank sizes.
>
> -D
> --
Depends whether you're talking about Proper Gallons or the upstart US Gallon
:)

GR

Donald Kerns
August 6th 03, 04:48 AM
GuardedResponse wrote:

> Depends whether you're talking about Proper Gallons or the upstart US
> Gallon
> :)
>
> GR

Or those Texan gallons where they can get 10 of them in a hat...
;-)

-Donald
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"When you've lost your ability to laugh, you've lost your ability to
think straight." -To Inherit the Wind

rene
August 7th 03, 07:42 AM
i have a brilliant site for you, this man made a special aquarium
converter for us laymen.
go see:http://mike-edwardes.members.beeb.net/converter.html
good luck!