Yes, (before anybody jumps in to say it, yes, 1 horsepower is actually equal
to 745.6998 watts. Also, power factor has little use in this context).
"AAvK" wrote in message
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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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