Convert 4,200 Horsepower to Watts
How much power is 4,200 horsepower? What is 4.2 thousand horsepower in watts? 4,200 HP to W conversion.
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4,200 Mechanical Horsepower ≈
3,131,939.5 Watts
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Result in Plain English
4,200 horsepower is equal to about 3.13 million watts.
In Scientific Notation
4,200 horsepower
= 4.2 x 103 horsepower
≈ 3.13194 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.