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How many litres in a gallon..
« on: 02 March 2007, 17:23:22 »

Dave has always told me 4.55.. but I've just seen DaveC post saying it's 4.38

Can anyone confirm for sure?
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Re: How many litres in a gallon..
« Reply #1 on: 02 March 2007, 17:31:21 »

According to http://www.guycroft.clara.net/utils/mpg.html it is 4.546 - could be the difference between imperial and US gallons...
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Re: How many litres in a gallon..
« Reply #2 on: 02 March 2007, 17:31:52 »

4.55

Although for US gallons it's 3.79 litres :D

You can always rely on the imperial system to be completely meaninless and inconsistent ;)
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Re: How many litres in a gallon..
« Reply #3 on: 02 March 2007, 17:32:02 »

Its 4.546 to be exact.
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Re: How many litres in a gallon..
« Reply #4 on: 02 March 2007, 17:32:35 »

This is the litres to gallon, both for the UK and US:

1 gallon, 4.546 litres, 1 US gallon, 3.785 litres

Most people generally round up to 4.55.  In my excel spreadsheet for fuel usage (yes I am sad enough to do this!) I use 4.546 in teh formula........

Hope this helps
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Re: How many litres in a gallon..
« Reply #5 on: 02 March 2007, 18:33:56 »

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This is the litres to gallon, both for the UK and US:

1 gallon, 4.546 litres, 1 US gallon, 3.785 litres

Most people generally round up to 4.55.  In my excel spreadsheet for fuel usage (yes I am sad enough to do this!) I use 4.546 in teh formula........

Hope this helps

Could I possibly have a copy of this spreadsheet?
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Re: How many litres in a gallon..
« Reply #6 on: 02 March 2007, 18:38:45 »

James, if you ever want a spreadsheet for any particular calculations, let me know.

I am quite adept with excel.... :-[
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Re: How many litres in a gallon..
« Reply #7 on: 02 March 2007, 19:01:11 »

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James, if you ever want a spreadsheet for any particular calculations, let me know.

I am quite adept with excel.... :-[

I might have to pick your brain then Dave  :)


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Re: How many litres in a gallon..
« Reply #8 on: 02 March 2007, 20:04:31 »

might be a help in the future---   http://www.onlineconversion.com/volume.htm
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Re: How many litres in a gallon..
« Reply #9 on: 02 March 2007, 20:42:53 »

4.5454 recurring...
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Re: How many litres in a gallon..
« Reply #10 on: 02 March 2007, 20:43:29 »

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I am quite adept with excel.... :-[
Office boy ;)
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Re: How many litres in a gallon..
« Reply #11 on: 02 March 2007, 20:55:21 »

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4.5454 recurring...


if youse all wanna be picky.....

The old Imperial (now UK) system was originally defined by three standard measures - the yard, the pound and the gallon which were held in London. They are now defined by reference to the S I measures of the metre, the kilogram and the litre. These equivalent measures are exact.
1 yard = 0.9144 metres - same in US
1 pound = 0.45359237 kilograms - same in US
1 gallon = 4.54609 litres - different in US
Note particularly that the UK gallon is a different size to the US gallon so that NO liquid measures of the same name are the same size in the UK and US systems.
Also that the ton(UK) is 2240 pounds while a ton(US) is 2000 pounds. These are also referred to as a long ton and short ton respectively, both being distinct from the Metric Tonne, 1000Kg (a shade under 2204 lb 10oz )


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Re: How many litres in a gallon..
« Reply #12 on: 02 March 2007, 21:11:59 »

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4.5454 recurring...

Yes you are right Jaime, it appears 4.5454 to recur quite a bit especially on the excel spreadsheet
 :y..However and upon doubly checking this appears that it may be down to user error excel  :o ;D
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Re: How many litres in a gallon..
« Reply #13 on: 02 March 2007, 21:15:03 »

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Could I possibly have a copy of this spreadsheet?

Yep, no problem - PM me your mail address and I will send the blank version over.
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Re: How many litres in a gallon..
« Reply #14 on: 02 March 2007, 21:34:16 »

I always use 4.545
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