Metric/US horsepower?

[Gonyou, Jeremy (.)]

What I use for HP is the 745.7W conversion.  The other one that you see is usually denoted "PS".  I only see this used in weird British magazines.  Of course, I live in the US and am biased towards specific conversions.
As an interesting side note, SAE says that 1 PS is exactly equall to one French  "ch".  Yeah, I can see the French having a hand in this tyranny...

Jeremy

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Gargano [mailto:peter at techedge.com.au]
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 6:37 AM
To: gmecm at diy-efi.org
Subject: Metric/US horsepower?


Okay, I knew there was a US gallon and an imperial gallon, but how
about a metric horsepower (735.5 W) and a US horsepower (745.7 W),
where W is a (universal) Watt.

  Reference: http://www.gh-associates.com/metric_conversion_chart.htm

What (watt?) does THIS LIST generally accept as a conversion between
a kilowatt (kW) and a horsepower?

Peter
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