Convert 840 Watts to Horsepower
How much power is 840 watts? What is 840 watts in horsepower? 840 W to HP conversion.
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840 Watts ≈
1.1264586 Mechanical Horsepower
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Result in Plain English
840 watts is equal to about 1.13 horsepower.
To a Percentage
840 watts ≈ 113% of a horsepower.
In Scientific Notation
840 watts
= 8.4 x 102 watts
≈ 1.12646 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.