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Originally Posted by spinn360
I dont think he was serious but you could get a dc to Ac power converter. But I dont think either thing would really do jack.
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For argument's sake, let's presume that your "average" supercharger requires ten horsepower to drive it. That's probably on the low end of the scale, as only ten horsepower wouldn't get you much boost - probably not enough for even 40 HP out of 3.3 litres - but since we're talking about small blowers, it's a good comparison. You can convert horsepower into other measures of energy, and since we're talking about electric leaf blowers, watts is a good unit of measure. One horsepower equals 746 watts, so ten horsepower would equal 7460 watts. At 115 volts, that's about 65 amps. Your standard wall outlet is rated for only fifteen amps, and I doubt many leaf blowers draw very much more than ten. ...but let's just say you're getting all fifteen amps out of it, that's 1725 watts. If 7460 watts is good for
maybe 40 horsepower if you're lucky, then in theory, 1725 watts is good for almost ten horsepower.
Of course, I'm using only the most favorable figures. If the leaf blower was extremely efficient and powerful, and all the stars aligned just right, ten horsepower is the most you could ever get. In reality, that generous 10 horsepower consumption netting you 40 horsepower figure is probably closer to 20 horses netting you 40 on a good day. The leaf blower probably only draws 1000 watts, about half of the 1725 it might draw if lightening strikes. So basically cut both the efficiency and the power in half. That leaves you with about three horsepower out of the optimistic ten possible. Still, three ponies isn't completely pathetic. It's not worth the trouble or all the laughs you'd get, but a 233 horsepower SVX is faster than a 230 horse SVX.
...so, how much boost on an SVX is required to get three horsepower?
Watts x 0.00134 = Horsepower
Horsepower x 746 = Watts