Though electric motors often show the amp rating, the electrical power rating is in watts or kilowatts. Watts equals volts times amps.
You might see a watt or kilowatt rating to show how much electric power is used, and horsepower to show how much mechanical power is produced. Quoting john mercer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Is the output of electric motors still given in horsepower? I have been on > some small appliance web sites and they give the power of the motors in amps. > When i was growing up in the fifty's i seem to remember that horsepower was > rated differently on gas and diesel engines between the U K and North > America. I don't know if Kilowatts would ever be excepted in North America, > because everybody uses horsepower all the time. Is the torque output for > electric motors measured in ft lbs? Is the power output between a five > horsepower electric motor and a five horsepower gas or diesel engine the > same? Thanks a lot everybody for all your help.
