Convert 850 Watts to Horsepower
How much power is 850 watts? What is 850 watts in horsepower? 850 W to HP conversion.
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850 Watts ≈
1.1398688 Mechanical Horsepower
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Result in Plain English
850 watts is equal to about 1.14 horsepower.
To a Percentage
850 watts ≈ 114% of a horsepower.
In Scientific Notation
850 watts
= 8.5 x 102 watts
≈ 1.13987 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.