Fuddy Duddy
Well-known Member
You ask someone what the horse power is of an 8N tractor. You
get a reply like 'At what point are you talking about?'
Here what I copied from another page:
Drawbar (claimed): 23.16 hp [17.3 kW]
PTO (claimed): 27.32 hp [20.4 kW]
Drawbar (tested): 21.95 hp [16.4 kW]
PTO (tested): 23.24 hp [17.3 kW]
Belt (tested): 25.77 hp
When I go buy a lawn mower I can buy the cheaper 3hp or pay a
little more and buy the 5hp.
No questing like will if you want self propelled it has less horse
power even thought there the same motor. I got my new
Hercules motor in Friday. It says on the tag it's Horse Power is
B.H.P. 29.6
Did a little research and found,
1) "Brake horsepower (bhp) is the measure of an engine's
horsepower before the loss in power caused by the gearbox,
alternator, differential, water pump, and other auxiliary
components such as power steering pump, muffled exhaust
system, etc.
2) One boiler horsepower unit, or (BHP), is equal to a boiler
thermal output of 33,475 Btu/h (9.811 kW), which is the energy
rate needed to evaporate 34.5 lb (15.65 kg) of water at 212 °F
(100 °C) in one hour. The unit is not current outside of North
America.
Seems it make a difference if the letters are Capital or lower
case.
Mine are Capital.
So what would the B.H.P. and /or the b.h.p. of an 8N be?
get a reply like 'At what point are you talking about?'
Here what I copied from another page:
Drawbar (claimed): 23.16 hp [17.3 kW]
PTO (claimed): 27.32 hp [20.4 kW]
Drawbar (tested): 21.95 hp [16.4 kW]
PTO (tested): 23.24 hp [17.3 kW]
Belt (tested): 25.77 hp
When I go buy a lawn mower I can buy the cheaper 3hp or pay a
little more and buy the 5hp.
No questing like will if you want self propelled it has less horse
power even thought there the same motor. I got my new
Hercules motor in Friday. It says on the tag it's Horse Power is
B.H.P. 29.6
Did a little research and found,
1) "Brake horsepower (bhp) is the measure of an engine's
horsepower before the loss in power caused by the gearbox,
alternator, differential, water pump, and other auxiliary
components such as power steering pump, muffled exhaust
system, etc.
2) One boiler horsepower unit, or (BHP), is equal to a boiler
thermal output of 33,475 Btu/h (9.811 kW), which is the energy
rate needed to evaporate 34.5 lb (15.65 kg) of water at 212 °F
(100 °C) in one hour. The unit is not current outside of North
America.
Seems it make a difference if the letters are Capital or lower
case.
Mine are Capital.
So what would the B.H.P. and /or the b.h.p. of an 8N be?