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Old 10-29-2006, 12:04 AM
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Re: backpressure

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Originally Posted by UncleBob
explain please. The very definition of 1 HP is raising an object X distance within X time. Are you refering to a different unit of work?
To simplify:

Work is getting it done (time doesn't matter).

Power = work/time.

Getting the same work done faster, takes more power.

Alastor caught me out with my power equation, should have been Watts, not kilowatts.
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