few questions for the simple minded new guy

[SavageSun]

Total H.P.

Rated H.P.

Service Factor

Up Rated

Max Rated

I see this a lot in various forms and not sure what it all means. Link is fine and I don't need much more than a couple of lines in the answer, thank you

 

[tsunami]

Here's a link that might help:

http://www.poolplaza.com/pump-ratings.shtml