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Re:How does a gas pump know to shut itself off? (1981) by p_l on Sunday October 11, 2020 @05:04AM (#24744590)
This whole comment thread is surprising to me because I haven't seen sub-90 octane rating in ages - I have even just checked, and one of the main petrol companies in Poland sells only 95, 98, and special extra variant of 98.
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Re:How does a gas pump know to shut itself off? (1981) by saagarjha on Sunday October 11, 2020 @05:45AM (#24744716)
It’s complicated, as that number measures different things in different countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octane_rating#Measurement_meth...
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Re:How does a gas pump know to shut itself off? (1981) by formerly_proven on Sunday October 11, 2020 @12:36PM (#24746987)
As per usual, the US uses a different scale (AON) than the rest of the world (RON).
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Re:How does a gas pump know to shut itself off? (1981) by ferdek on Sunday October 11, 2020 @05:41AM (#24744706)
USA, they have all that weird stuff there...
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