From the 2008-02-01 Milwaukee, WI Journal-Sentinal (ran on the front page
below the fold):
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=713480
"Seems the term, 'horsepower' is going the way of the buggy
By RICK BARRETT
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Posted: Jan. 31, 2008
When you buy lawn and garden equipment this spring, a familiar old term -
horsepower - will be missing from many engines.
Blame it on lawyers, or engine makers who might have fudged the numbers, but
horsepower is no longer the gold standard for small gasoline engines.
Sears, for example, now advertises some lawn mowers rated by horsepower,
others by torque, and still others by cubic centimeters. And some mowers have
no such designation at all.
"Unfortunately, we are not giving consumers the answers they want," said Bill
Rotter, an owner of National Ace Hardware stores in the Milwaukee area.
There's no longer a horsepower rating for many Briggs & Stratton engines. Last
year, Briggs chose torque as its rating system for push mowers, snow throwers,
pressure washers and generators."
(See link for rest of article)
No mention of watts, but it appears to be a start.
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