Power
Rate of work, heat transfer and machinery output.
Try a decimal, 1e-9, 1/3, or 5 1/2.
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Convert watt (W) to mechanical horsepower (hp). Enter a value for an instant result, or use the examples and reverse conversion below.
Rate of work, heat transfer and machinery output.
Try a decimal, 1e-9, 1/3, or 5 1/2.
Enter a watt value to calculate mechanical horsepower with full internal precision before display rounding.
Auto trims unnecessary zeroes and uses scientific notation for extreme magnitudes. Use Digits to set the display precision; calculations retain full precision.
| Unit | Symbol | Converted value |
|---|---|---|
| milliwattfrom W | mW | 1000 |
| wattfrom W | W | 1 |
| kilowattfrom W | kW | 0.001 |
| megawattfrom W | MW | 0.000001 |
| gigawattfrom W | GW | 0.000000001 |
| mechanical horsepowerfrom W | hp | 0.00134102 |
| metric horsepowerfrom W | PS | 0.00135962 |
| electrical horsepowerfrom W | hp(E) | 0.00134048 |
| boiler horsepowerfrom W | hp(S) | 0.000101942 |
| foot pound-force per secondfrom W | ft·lbf/s | 0.737562 |
| British thermal unit per hourfrom W | BtuIT/h | 3.41214 |
| ton of refrigerationfrom W | TR | 0.000284345 |
SI symbols follow international notation. U.S. and Imperial measures are labelled separately where their values differ.
Watt (W) and mechanical horsepower (hp) are units of power. Use this page to convert in either direction.
| Watt (W) | Mechanical Horsepower (hp) |
|---|---|
| 1 W | 0.00134102 hp |
| 5 W | 0.00670511 hp |
| 10 W | 0.0134102 hp |
| 100 W | 0.134102 hp |
Examples are rounded to 6 significant digits. The interactive converter retains full calculation precision; change Display Precision to see more digits.
hp to W (mechanical horsepower to watt)