On Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:01:24 -0500, Gene
wrote:

On Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:06:10 -0500, Gene
wrote:

On Thu, 03 Feb 2011 13:42:52 -0500, John H
wrote:

I'm looking at electrical chain saws, a Poulan and a Husqvarna.

Brand Poulan Husqvarna
Item Number 118147 328965
Bar Length (Inches) 16.0 14.0
Amps (Amps) 13.5 13.5 Horsepower (HP)
3.5 9.7

They are both 13.5 Amp saws, but the Husqvarna gets almost three times the
horsepower of the Poulan. How is this possible?

Also, the Poulan costs about $75, the Husqvarna about $270.

It can't.... unless it is fed by three times the voltage.....

Apparently, the Husqvarna is 1600 Watts.....

Divide 1600/746 and you have 2.14HP... and that is at 100% efficiency.

(746 Watts = 1 HP....)

The Poulan should be about the same.... the numbers are just
crazy....

Yup. And it's a mute point. I've got a Remington coming in the mail from
southern Illinois. Tim even cranked it up over the phone for me. The damn thing
sounded like an F-16 buzzing his shop. Now I've found the manual, so I can't
wait to get the thing.