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Old 08-18-2010, 08:26 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Automcdonough View Post
maybe it's the perspective you have confused, something with very little HP can still put out a huge amount of torque.
1 hp = 745.699872 watts is fact, it is a direct translation, just like metric to inches, it is just converting one form of measurement to another, in a motor you create some heat so a 1hp motor tends to draw closer to 900-1000 watts while it is putting out one horse power, if it is running without a load it's doing less work so it's electrical consumption drops as well, I don't know what perspective you are talking about, I'm looking at this from the point of view of what the facts are.
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