Convert 1,500 Watts to Horsepower
How much power is 1,500 watts? What is 1.5 thousand watts in horsepower? 1,500 W to HP conversion.
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1,500 Watts ≈
2.0115331 Mechanical Horsepower
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Result in Plain English
1,500 watts is equal to about 2.01 horsepower.
In Scientific Notation
1,500 watts
= 1.5 x 103 watts
≈ 2.01153 x 100 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.