OK....I'll go see if I can find the website that had all these nice
formulas, including taking in account the power factor and efficiency of the
motor

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave VanHorn [mailto:dvanhorn@CEDAR.NET]
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 1999 9:00 PM
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: Looking for starting point.


>  H.P. can be done with the amount of watts that it draws. 1H.P. = 745
>  watts (I think)

Danger will robinson.. There's no allowance here for motor efficiency.
A locked rotor may draw 20A, but it's not delivering ANY horsepower. (Zero)