Re:Antarctic Snow Cruiser
by LeonM on Monday March 09, 2020 @10:59AM
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That is correct. kW is used the same way as HP, except that kW is better standardized.
There are many definitions of how much power a horse has, and just one definition of the watt.
For example: the 'mechanical' HP (commonly used in the US) is the equivalent of 0.7457kW, but the 'metric' HP (commonly used in Europe) is 0.7345kW [0].
Re:Antarctic Snow Cruiser
by SigmundA on Monday March 09, 2020 @03:28PM
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They are both units of power the fact that they have different numbers does not have bearing on the question asked, power is power, torque is torque regardless of units.
There are many definitions of how much power a horse has, and just one definition of the watt. For example: the 'mechanical' HP (commonly used in the US) is the equivalent of 0.7457kW, but the 'metric' HP (commonly used in Europe) is 0.7345kW [0].
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsepower#Definitions