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Re: [ST] Power Units



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

Hope that clears it up for you.

Nate
00SprintRS



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