Convert 100 Watts to Horsepower
How much power is 100 watts? What is 100 watts in horsepower? 100 W to HP conversion.
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100 Watts ≈
0.13410221 Mechanical Horsepower
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Result in Plain English
100 watts is equal to about 0.134 horsepower.
To a Percentage
100 watts ≈ 13.4% of a horsepower.
In Scientific Notation
100 watts
= 1 x 102 watts
≈ 1.34102 x 10-1 horsepower
Watts
A watt is the standard unit of power. It is the power needed to do one joule of work per second. A typical incandescent light bulb uses 40-100 watts.
Horsepower
Mechanical horsepower is commonly used to measure the maximum power of a car's engine in the United States. It is slightly different than Metric horsepower, which is used in Europe.