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<blockquote data-quote="Raven" data-source="post: 1504353" data-attributes="member: 558368">1 horsepower = 768 wattsTake the highest constant power (watts) you need to move a driver to xmax, divide by efficiency, and you&#039;ll get how much power is being used to physically move the cone of the driver. Divide by 768 to get the horsepower the motor is capable of producing when moved to xmax by some other means.The motor in a driver is a <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=define:motor" target="_blank">motor</a>. It also works both ways, just like the little car motors you spun to light up a lightbulb in science class. I remember as a demonstration a dealer put two woofers (MA HK 15s) in a sealed box with shared airspace. He then powered one til both were near xmax and had some numb-nuts know-it-all put the leads attached to the other driver on his tongue. Oh yeah, they make electricity. =) That bastard yelped like he&#039;d peed on the third rail.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Raven, post: 1504353, member: 558368"] 1 horsepower = 768 watts Take the highest constant power (watts) you need to move a driver to xmax, divide by efficiency, and you'll get how much power is being used to physically move the cone of the driver. Divide by 768 to get the horsepower the motor is capable of producing when moved to xmax by some other means. The motor in a driver [I]is[/I] a [URL="http://www.google.com/search?q=define:motor"]motor[/URL]. It also works both ways, just like the little car motors you spun to light up a lightbulb in science class. I remember as a demonstration a dealer put two woofers (MA HK 15s) in a sealed box with shared airspace. He then powered one til both were near xmax and had some numb-nuts know-it-all put the leads attached to the other driver on his tongue. Oh yeah, they make electricity. =) That bastard yelped like he'd peed on the third rail. [/QUOTE]

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