Convert 8,400 Watts to Horsepower
How much power is 8,400 watts? What is 8.4 thousand watts in horsepower? 8,400 W to HP conversion.
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8,400 Watts ≈
11.264586 Mechanical Horsepower
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Result in Plain English
8,400 watts is equal to about 11.3 horsepower.
In Scientific Notation
8,400 watts
= 8.4 x 103 watts
≈ 1.12646 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.