Convert 3,800 Horsepower to Watts
How much power is 3,800 horsepower? What is 3.8 thousand horsepower in watts? 3,800 HP to W conversion.
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3,800 Mechanical Horsepower ≈
2,833,659.5 Watts
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Result in Plain English
3,800 horsepower is equal to about 2.83 million watts.
In Scientific Notation
3,800 horsepower
= 3.8 x 103 horsepower
≈ 2.83366 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.