Convert 3,600 Horsepower to Watts
How much power is 3,600 horsepower? What is 3.6 thousand horsepower in watts? 3,600 HP to W conversion.
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3,600 Mechanical Horsepower ≈
2,684,519.5 Watts
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Result in Plain English
3,600 horsepower is equal to about 2.68 million watts.
In Scientific Notation
3,600 horsepower
= 3.6 x 103 horsepower
≈ 2.68452 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.