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Welcome to 12 hp to kW, our post covering the conversion of 12 horsepower to kilowatts.
12 horsepower usually mean 12 mechanical hp or 12 metric hp, used, for example, to describe the power of cars in the US (converter default), respectively Europe.
However, it could also mean 12 electric hp or 12 boiler hp.
What’s more is that in case of electric horsepower the equivalent of 12 hp in kilowatts in the US slightly differs from the result of the conversion in Europe.
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Note that you may overwrite 12 with another value, then make your choice in the drop-down menu, or proceed with the preselect unit hp(I) explained right below.
Read on to learn how to convert the work over time, taking into account the following short forms:
- 12 mechanical hp, aka 12 imperial hp, are denoted as 12 hp(I)
- 12 metric hp in short form is 12 hp(M)
- 12 electric hp in the US are abbreviated as 12 hp(E) US
- 12 electric hp in Europe in shortened form is 12 hp(E) Europe
- 12 boiler hp in symbols are either 12 hp(S), or 12 bhp
12 horsepower in the context of US cars mean mechanical horsepower, hp(I), whereas 12 horsepower in the context of automobiles in Europe mean metric horsepower, hp(M).
12 HP to kW Conversion and Formulas
Here we use the formulas explained on our home page to obtain the following results which are rounded to two decimals:
- hp(I): [kW] = [12] × 0.74569987158227022 = 8.95 kW
- hp(M): [kW] = [12] × 0.73549875 = 8.83 kW
- hp(E) US: [kW] = [12] × 0.746 = 8.95 kW
- hp(E) Europe: [kW] = [12] × 0.735 = 8.82 kW
- hp(S): [kW] = [12] × 9.810657 = 117.73 kW
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In the next part of our post you can learn about the conversion of 12 hp to watts.
12 Horsepower to Kilowatts
Reading so far, you already know how to change 12 horsepower to kilowatt for all definitions and types of hp. But what about 12 hp to watts?
A kilowatt is a multiple of the unit of power watt. One kilowatt is 103 watts (W).
Thus, to convert 12 hp to watts use the formulas or our converter, and then multiply the result by 1000.
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12 HP to kW Summary
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12 hp =
- 8.95 kW for mechanical hp
- 8.83 kW for metric hp
- 8.95 kW for electric hp US
- 8.82 kW for electric hp Europe
- 117.73 kW for boiler hp
This rule of thumb is often accurate enough.
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