
More horsepower means more power. Horsepower is a unit of power, a physical quantity used to represent the rate of work. Generally, it refers to metric horsepower rather than imperial horsepower. It is conventionally agreed that 1 metric horsepower equals the work done to lift a 75-kilogram object 1 meter per second. Extended information: 1. Metric horsepower: A value very close to imperial horsepower was adopted, stipulating that 1 metric horsepower is the work done to complete 75 kilogram-force·meters in 1 second. That is: 1 metric horsepower = 75 kilogram-force·meters/second = 735 watts. 2. Imperial horsepower: Some countries like the UK and the US use imperial horsepower. 1 imperial horsepower equals 550 foot-pounds/second, which is equivalent to 745.7 watts.


