>> See the other thread about Andrew's heating system, it's also useful that 
>> 1 bar ~= 10 metres of water for quick estimations.
>
> Yes, that's the only place I've encountered the term.

In the UK I've seen it on any appliance that is connected to the mains water 
or gas, also it's mentioned on tyres and pumps, but most people use psi 
still for that.  Here in Germany bar is used for everything, you don't want 
to be setting the electric tyre pump at the gas station to 24 bar by mistake 
:-)

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