Convert 1,200 Horsepower to Watts
How much power is 1,200 horsepower? What is 1.2 thousand horsepower in watts? 1,200 HP to W conversion.
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1,200 Mechanical Horsepower ≈
894,839.85 Watts
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Result in Plain English
1,200 horsepower is equal to about 895 thousand watts.
In Scientific Notation
1,200 horsepower
= 1.2 x 103 horsepower
≈ 8.9484 x 105 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.
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.