How many horse power has a horse?

 

Some horses can produce upto 15Hp ..but the average horse over a long period of time produces less than 1Hp

Next!! ;-)

Jules

 

Um....one? [8D]

 

^^^

There isnt a clear definition it harks back to the days of steam engines and equating the work these engines could do with horses of the day etc. no two horses are the same ..you have to measure the work a horse can do ie force X distance and then divide it by time to give you an actual power figure ...

Jules

EDIT: Mechanical horsepower was eventually set to 33,000 foot-pounds per minute

 

yea I thought that a horse has 1HP....

A horse power is based on the amount of work that 1 horse could do.... so they equated that amount of work to 1 HP

 

Depends how many stickers you put on it

 

I think I remember reading that a horsepower is the average power (work/time) a horse could maintain over a full day of work, not its maximum output while redlining.

 

So i see things are not so simple at it seems...

 

it's not that things are not as simple as they seem. it'sjust that things are not as literal as they seem.

A lot of units are named after those involved with developing their formulas and whatnot. It's not like James Watts is equivalent to 1 Watt or something.

 

lol, thats funny. I want a Repsol Horse!