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Default How much horsepower is really needed?


Contrary to popular belief, small motors are not rated by output horsepower.
They are rated by input horsepower, how much power they consume. This, of
course, allows variation of actual output according to motor efficiency but,
for reasonable quality motors of the same type, there is not a lot of
efficiency difference. Volts * amps / 746



Alright, volts (#) times amps (#) divided by 746 equals actual horsepower?

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