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[-] Tb0n3 70 points 10 months ago

Wasn't one unit of horsepower meant to represent sustained power, not peak power of a horse?

[-] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago

Average, not necessarily sustained. Horse gotta rest at some point regardless of how much power it’s putting out

Iirc it’s an average over 1 day (24hrs) without regard to rest. So even sustained a horse is putting out more than 1hp at any given point in time

[-] flambonkscious 17 points 10 months ago

That would be a logical explanation... Get out!

[-] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

It's supposed to be the amount of work a strong horse can perform over one day on average.

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