Convert 29,000 Watts to Horsepower
How much power is 29,000 watts? What is 29 thousand watts in horsepower? 29,000 W to HP conversion.
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29,000 Watts ≈
38.889641 Mechanical Horsepower
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Result in Plain English
29 thousand watts is equal to about 38.9 horsepower.
In Scientific Notation
29,000 watts
= 2.9 x 104 watts
≈ 3.88896 x 101 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.