Convert 3,800 Watts to Horsepower
How much power is 3,800 watts? What is 3.8 thousand watts in horsepower? 3,800 W to HP conversion.
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3,800 Watts ≈
5.0958839 Mechanical Horsepower
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Result in Plain English
3,800 watts is equal to about 5.10 horsepower.
In Scientific Notation
3,800 watts
= 3.8 x 103 watts
≈ 5.09588 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.