Convert 7,400 Horsepower to Watts
How much power is 7,400 horsepower? What is 7.4 thousand horsepower in watts? 7,400 HP to W conversion.
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7,400 Mechanical Horsepower ≈
5,518,179.0 Watts
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Result in Plain English
7,400 horsepower is equal to about 5.52 million watts.
In Scientific Notation
7,400 horsepower
= 7.4 x 103 horsepower
≈ 5.51818 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.