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Old 05-17-2017, 08:27 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ksa8907 View Post
+/- 2% of full scale on a gauge that goes up to 100 psig would be 2psig. So instead of 40 it could be anywhere from 38 to 42 with no way for you to know.
So if the gauge is 60 PSI then the 2% is 1.2 PSI from 18 to 36 PSI (30 to 60 percent of scale). Would have thought the the percentage would have been of the actual reading not of the gauge limit.
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