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Re: [ST] Power Units



Nathan Maher wrote:

> It's just metric horsepower.  The PS is actually a German designation 
> for Pferdestärke which literally means horse strength.  From my googling 
> it's not really a recognized standard anymore so it's odd that Triumph 
> quotes their power specs using it.
> 
> Here's the official definition I found:
> 
> PS
> 
> This unit (German: Pferdestärke = horse strength) is still commonly used 
> in Germany and central Europe, although not a lawful unit any more. It 
> was adopted throughout continental Europe with designations equivalent 
> to the English "horse power", but mathematically different from the 
> British unit. It is defined by the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt 
> (PTB)[3] (http://www.ptb.de/) in Braunschweig as exactly:
> 
>     1 PS = 75 kp·m/s = 735.49875 W

yeah special appearance by me:

1 hp = 745.699872 Watts according to google, of course google does not 
know about PS units  :-)

back into hiding, (I am mostly reading about the new Sprint ST)
cheers,
Tom

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Thomas Emberson


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