Convert 8,700 Watts to Horsepower
How much power is 8,700 watts? What is 8.7 thousand watts in horsepower? 8,700 W to HP conversion.
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8,700 Watts ≈
11.666892 Mechanical Horsepower
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Result in Plain English
8,700 watts is equal to about 11.7 horsepower.
In Scientific Notation
8,700 watts
= 8.7 x 103 watts
≈ 1.16669 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.