Convert 4,700 Horsepower to Watts
How much power is 4,700 horsepower? What is 4.7 thousand horsepower in watts? 4,700 HP to W conversion.
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4,700 Mechanical Horsepower ≈
3,504,789.4 Watts
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Result in Plain English
4,700 horsepower is equal to about 3.5 million watts.
In Scientific Notation
4,700 horsepower
= 4.7 x 103 horsepower
≈ 3.50479 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.