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Is it true that an Horse Power (HP) isn't equal to an "italian" Cavallo Vapore (CV)?

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federico freschi
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It's close. A CV is about 735.5 watts and a standard horsepower is about 745.7 watts (or exactly 746 W for an electrical hp). Horsepower is based on the equivalent 550 ft-lb/s.

Don Kansas City

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eromlignod

Is it true that an Italian CV = 746 watts?

If yes, then no it is not true that a CV is unequal to an HP

However, if no, then yes its true that a CV is unequal to an HP

Brian double negative Whatcott

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Brian Whatcott

Dear Brian Whatcott:

Are you positively not unsure about that?

David A. Smith

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N:dlzc D:aol T:com (dlzc)

UNITS !

Horse power actually has several different definitions. Most common is 33,000 foot pounds / minuet = 0.745699871 kW

CH ( cheval ??? ) Is I think the same as PS, the metric horsepower this is 7.500 kilogram force meters / second = 0.735498750 kW

The difference of 1.4% can usually be ignored.

Electrical horsepower is defined as 0.746 kW

Don't get me going on Barrels :-)

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Jonathan Barnes

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