Convert 7,900 Watts to Horsepower
How much power is 7,900 watts? What is 7.9 thousand watts in horsepower? 7,900 W to HP conversion.
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7,900 Watts ≈
10.594075 Mechanical Horsepower
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Result in Plain English
7,900 watts is equal to about 10.6 horsepower.
In Scientific Notation
7,900 watts
= 7.9 x 103 watts
≈ 1.05941 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.