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Old 01-26-2013, 03:12 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Debunking Horsepower and Torque Myths
Good link. This could become another good thought experiment such as some other topics here did.
I actually found that a bit head ache inducing.

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The torque wrench reads how many foot-pounds of force that you are exerting on the shaft.
That sentense is enough for a death penalty, but the author decides to continue his criminal career with this snippet:

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Horsepower is a measure of work.
Like if the name of the unit itself isn't clue enough that it denominates.. well power!

After that the text just degenrates into the physics equivalent of a frat party, where someone put mescalin in the punch bowl without telling anyone.
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