Maybe there is hope for truth in ratings
Maybe there is hope for truth in ratings
The compressor manufactures are doing the same things that the small engine manufacturers have been doing for years and that is to miss state the horse power.
But as I understand it because of a class action law suite now the small engine manufactures are just stating the displacement of the engines or the torque both of which are not easily to exaggerate.
Just maybe those compressor manufacture who miss state their HP ratings will be forces to follow the same truth is rating methods it appears that the small engine manufactures are doing at the present time.
Here's and excerpt from an article at
http://www.gazette.com/articles/horsepower-34878-mowers-engines.html
"The shift away from horsepower ratings came after a lawsuit in Illinois claimed that engine manufacturers were over stating the horsepower of lawn mower engines.
In some cases, the lawsuit alleged, identical engines were labeled with different horsepower ratings, misleading consumers into believing they were getting more power by purchasing more expensive models.
Briggs advertised one engine as having 6.75 horsepower and yet told the Environmental Protection Agency the same engine had 3.6 horsepower, an 88 percent overstatement, according to the lawsuit.
Since at least 1997, engine manufacturers Briggs, Tecumseh, Kohler, Toro and Kawasaki have reported horsepower ratings to the EPA that were significantly lower than the ratings advertised to the public, the lawsuit said."
And article from the Washington Post states: Article: Familiar Horsepower Rating No Longer Standard; Small-Engine Makers May Cite Torque, Cubic Centimeters or Nothing at All