Dear John, I think I could answer some of your questions below (they're interspersed).
On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 18:49:56 john mercer wrote: >Is the output of electric motors still given in horsepower? To my knowledge this is one of the few products that I see reasonably correctly quoted in the market, i.e. in W. There might be exceptions though as you found below. > I have been on some small appliance web sites and they give the power of the motors > in amps. True. However, I cannot understand (for the love!...) of me why ANYONE should quote power in 'amps' (S-I-C)! Whoever does that is evidently either delusional or has absolutely no understanding of the most fundamental principles of Physics... The ampere is a unit of *current*, NOT power! >... I don't know if Kilowatts would ever be excepted in North America, because >everybody uses horsepower all the time... Who knows? As long as the populace continues to treat measurements in general as some "cultural" aspect in their lives we'll continue to experience and see such nonsense in the marketplace, what can I say?... Marcus ____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB of email storage with Lycos Mail Plus! Sign up today -- http://www.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus
