Originally Posted by nowhereman
John.bigson, you are confusing two related topics here. Topic one is what is BPEL and what is NBPEL. Topic two is how do I do it properly? I think you have the first topic figured out but the second is confusing you.See memento above for why BPEL is important. The key to BPEL isn’t exactly how you do it, it is that you do it the same way every time. For example: you can get different measurements sitting vs. standing and erection angle. Solution is measure the same way every time like standing and at 90 degree angle. I also found it helpful to take a mental note whether I really was at full erection for the measurement as sometimes ruler shyness happens. Due to these variables I never totally trusted a new gain until it was confirmed by three measurements.
Being a smart ass here but it’s to drive home the point. The only thing that is absolute in BPEL is getting the ruler pressed into the fat pad. What else you choose to do should purely be for consistency.
No the only thing I want to know is what BPEL is. I know what NBPEL is. You may be misinterpreting my reply to marinera as being confused, because you have a different opinion of what BPEL is, compared to marinera, who says that BPEL is “Not down, just parallel to the floor, at 90 degrees with your body” but says nothing about pushing into the fat pad (unless thats what he meant, but did not say). My reply to him was based on that and not on what some others say, which is to press the ruler into the fat pad, hitting the bone.
Of course consistency is important, that goes without saying. I only want to know what BPEL is, the measuring technique itself, not what the abbreviation stands for or anything else.