Convert 5,500 Watts to Horsepower
How much power is 5,500 watts? What is 5.5 thousand watts in horsepower? 5,500 W to HP conversion.
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5,500 Watts ≈
7.3756215 Mechanical Horsepower
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Result in Plain English
5,500 watts is equal to about 7.38 horsepower.
In Scientific Notation
5,500 watts
= 5.5 x 103 watts
≈ 7.37562 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.