Convert 5,800 Horsepower to Watts
How much power is 5,800 horsepower? What is 5.8 thousand horsepower in watts? 5,800 HP to W conversion.
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5,800 Mechanical Horsepower ≈
4,325,059.3 Watts
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Result in Plain English
5,800 horsepower is equal to about 4.33 million watts.
In Scientific Notation
5,800 horsepower
= 5.8 x 103 horsepower
≈ 4.32506 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.