Convert 1,700 Horsepower to Watts
How much power is 1,700 horsepower? What is 1.7 thousand horsepower in watts? 1,700 HP to W conversion.
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1,700 Mechanical Horsepower ≈
1,267,689.8 Watts
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Result in Plain English
1,700 horsepower is equal to about 1.27 million watts.
In Scientific Notation
1,700 horsepower
= 1.7 x 103 horsepower
≈ 1.26769 x 106 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.