Convert 5,300 Horsepower to Watts
How much power is 5,300 horsepower? What is 5.3 thousand horsepower in watts? 5,300 HP to W conversion.
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5,300 Mechanical Horsepower ≈
3,952,209.3 Watts
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Result in Plain English
5,300 horsepower is equal to about 3.95 million watts.
In Scientific Notation
5,300 horsepower
= 5.3 x 103 horsepower
≈ 3.95221 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.