A Simpler Explanation Of The Measurement Of ONE HORSE POWER
One horsepower equals 550 foot pounds (pound feet) per second. In high school, in physics class, I generated 1 horsepower by running up a flight of stairs. :) Housted
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Dusty R wrote:
I don't know why but I have found that it takes a 2hp gas engine to do the same work that a 1hp electric motor will do.
Dusty
I remember back when growing up many years ago on a farm, we had a power outage. My dad then connected up a 2hp gas engine to the 3/4hp electric jet pump. It would just barely run it at wide open throttle.
The rpm was near the same at 1 to 1 ratio, about 3450-3500 rpm.
