Convert 4,700 Watts to Horsepower
How much power is 4,700 watts? What is 4.7 thousand watts in horsepower? 4,700 W to HP conversion.
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4,700 Watts ≈
6.3028038 Mechanical Horsepower
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Result in Plain English
4,700 watts is equal to about 6.30 horsepower.
In Scientific Notation
4,700 watts
= 4.7 x 103 watts
≈ 6.3028 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.