What Is Meant By Metric Horsepower?

: a horsepower unit equal to 75 kilogram-meters per second. What is the difference between HP and metric HP? There’s very little difference between the two measurements. Metric horsepower is 75 m kgf/s, which equals 735.49875 watts. On the other hand, imperial horsepower is exactly 746 watts. Is horsepower English Read more…

Do European Countries Use Horsepower?

In Europe it’s the metric system—centimeter and liter. The English unit for power is horsepower, or hp. The metric equivalent to horsepower is PS (for Pferdestärke, which is German for “horsepower”). Because we define units differently, one PS does not equal one hp. Do other countries use horsepower? The definition Read more…