Convert 1,700 Horsepower to Kilowatts
How much power is 1,700 horsepower? What is 1.7 thousand horsepower in kilowatts? 1,700 HP to kW conversion.
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1,700 Mechanical Horsepower ≈
1,267.6898 Kilowatts
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Result in Plain English
1,700 horsepower is equal to about 1,270 kilowatts.
In Scientific Notation
1,700 horsepower
= 1.7 x 103 horsepower
≈ 1.26769 x 103 kilowatts
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.
Kilowatts
A kilowatt is 1,000 watts. Usain Bolt's maximum power output while sprinting was about 2.6 kilowatts.