09-26-2005, 12:30 PM
satoch Wrote:I guess until an SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) type standard is set none of these HP ratings will mean anything unless all motors are measured the same way and probably on the same piece of equipment.
Remember the day before RMS (Root Mean Square) 20hz-20khz ratings for stereo wattage ratings? There were ridiculous ratings like 1000 watts peak music power. Actually they measured at about 120 watts RMS.
Not to get off track, but I've got a pair of PC speakers on the work computer that say "500 watts" Heh, the speakers are 3 inches. They fail to mention that this rating is PMPO (Peak Monentary Power Output - Hence, the amp will put out 500 watts if the input leg of the transistor is struck with a bolt of lightning, and only until it burns out.) The computer shop I worked for sold hundreds of these units because people wanted 500 watts of ass pounding power...