Convert 1,000,000 Watts to Horsepower
How much power is 1,000,000 watts? What is 1 million watts in horsepower? 1,000,000 W to HP conversion.
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1,000,000 Watts ≈
1,341.0221 Mechanical Horsepower
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Result in Plain English
1 million watts is equal to about 1,340 horsepower.
In Scientific Notation
1,000,000 watts
= 1 x 106 watts
≈ 1.34102 x 103 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.