2001-03-13
Greg,
Go to http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/index.html and click on the letter m
and scroll down to metric horsepower and you will find:
metric horsepower
a unit of power, defined to be the power required to raise a mass of 75
kilograms at a velocity of 1 meter per second. This is approximately 735.499
watts or 0.986 32 horsepower. The unit is also known by its French name
cheval vapeur or its German name pferdestärke.
Hope this helps
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregory Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, 2001-03-13 16:30
Subject: [USMA:11580] Re: What is bhp
And here I thought "bhp" was "boiler horsepower" = 9.80950 kW
cf:
hp = 0.745700 kW
hp (electric) = 0.746 kW (exactly)
hp (metric) = 0.735499 kW
hp (water) = 0.746043 kW
from the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics.
I routinely hear only the word "horsepower" given for in the automobile
commercials and I multiply by 0,75 for kilowatts. Some of the automakers
actually post kilowatts in the English-text specification web pages.
Volkswagon is a good example, if you visit the Canadian site.
btw... could anyone give me a definition for "metric" horsepower?
greg
