English Dictionary

hourly rating

noun

(electrical engineering, rail transport) A measure of the maximum output, usually expressed in horsepower, that can be obtained from the motors of an electric locomotive for a period of one hour without the motors overheating.

The hourly rating of the generator is 1000 watts.

意味（1）

(electrical engineering, rail transport) A measure of the maximum output, usually expressed in horsepower, that can be obtained from the motors of an electric locomotive for a period of one hour without the motors overheating.

The year 1926 saw the putting in service of the first of the magnificent 1-Co-Co-1 locomotives of Type Ae 6/8, which at the time of their construction, with their hourly rating of 4,500 h.p., were the most powerful single electric locomotive units in the world.