Mechanical horsepower (hp)
Mechanical horsepower is used in the United States and the United Kingdom for engines and machines.
History: James Watt mechanical horsepower became an Anglo-American measure for machine power.
Quickly convert mechanical horsepower to watts without lookup tables or manual math.
This page is focused on converting mechanical horsepower to watts. Type a number into the first field and the result appears immediately in the second field.
Example: 1 hp = 745.6998715823 W. Conversion formula: result = value × 745.69987158227 / 1.
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Mechanical horsepower is used in the United States and the United Kingdom for engines and machines.
History: James Watt mechanical horsepower became an Anglo-American measure for machine power.
The watt is the SI unit of power and describes the rate of energy transfer or consumption.
History: the watt is named after James Watt and is the SI unit of power.
Enter a value in the Mechanical horsepower field. The converter applies the formula "result = value × 745.69987158227 / 1" and immediately shows the result in watts.
1 hp = 745.6998715823 W.
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