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The formula you are looking for is Watts = Amps x Volts.

However, since the electricity is (probably) AC (wall power), you need to add an additional factor called "power-factor" because "AC" power doesn't work exactly like DC (battery) power.

So the formula becomes Watts = Amps x Volts x "power-factor" - where the power factor is a decimal fraction somewhere between zero and one. Note that power factor is never larger than 1.0.

Since the true power (multiplied by the power-factor) is always less than the "apparent power" (volts time amps without power-factor) you can use apparent power (also called "VA" - "Volt-Amperes" as a rough approximation.

Unfortunately - in the case of a motor, the power-factor is not constant. It varies rather widely based on both speed and load, so if you need to know the EXACT power, you need a direct-reading AC watt-meter.

If you want a closer approximation to "true power" - and you don't know the exact power factor - you can approximate it by multiplying "apparent power" by 0.71.

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