Whats a KiloNewton?

[telhol]

busted my arse i was using it to proove what i was saying in words you understand if you thought i write all that bullshit then your a mug haha.

 

I cut trees im no physicist ah hahahaha.

 

Im sorry kids i thought you would have guessed that one straight away.

 

Tony your a right fairy haha lol

 

dont get moody im only playing imvho.

[Amelanchier]

Tony your a right fairy haha lol

 

Cheers Telhol, you're the best treeworker in all of England.

[bob]

Cheers Telhol, you're the best treeworker in all of England.

 

i think you need to check your spelling on the 5th word

[telhol]

Ok little girly grow up. I mean common how old are you. :wave:

 

Its not my fault you cant take a joke

[Andy Collins]

Its common courtesy to credit the original author when quoting Telhol, rather than letting people assume its your own words. Thanks for posting it any way.

[skyhuck]

Its common courtesy to credit the original author when quoting Telhol, rather than letting people assume its your own words. Thanks for posting it any way.

 

Here,here!

[telhol]

Well i cant be bothered to. The information is more important than who put it there. The idea is to make things simple an easy to read i did not bother to look who wrote what just to put the correct info for every one to read and get a decent answer.

[Jack-Arb aka Tiago Sinclair-Julio.]

Peace!

[Andy Collins]

S'funny how the simplest threads can end up in bloodshed!

[Chris Harris]

Here's to my first post. For he who he sticks his head above the parapit should be prepared to get shot at!

 

There's been a lot said about what KN's are and a lot of good examples but the easiest way to work out what KN rating your kit is, is to replace the KN with two zeros, example if your karabiner is rated to 25KN's (25000 newtons) equals to 2500KG's (there abouts). Here is a snippet from my LANTRA workbook from my LOLER course.... "a karabiner rated at the rate of 25KN is actually rated at 25000 newtons, which represents a force equivalent to 2551kg acted upon by gravity (25000 divided by 9.8)

Expressed the other way around, 2551kg x 9.8m/s2 = 25000 newtons or 25 kilo newtons

Force may sometimes be expressed as kilograms of force (kgf). In that case, in the example just given, 25KN = 2551kgf

for crude but simple conversion, KN x 100 is approximately equal to the old kilogram rating of equipment"

 

The important thing to remember is to work out the safe working load if it is not stated on the piece of kit (it has to have SWL before the number). If a karabiner had got 20KN stamped on it (2000KG) SWL is 4KN (400 KG). Metal objects have a 5:1 ratio (in other words divide it by 5). textile objects i.e. slings and ropes have a 10:1 ratio (divide by 10).

 

If health and safety are happy for LOLER inspectors to inspect climbing kit converting KN into KG's to work out SWL's then I think it is OK for you guys to do it. It makes thing hell of a lot easier to work out.