Convert 8,300 Watts to BTUs per Hour
How much power is 8,300 watts? What is 8.3 thousand watts in BTUs per hour? 8,300 W to BTU/hr conversion.
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8,300 Watts ≈
28,320.772 BTUs per Hour
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Result in Plain English
8,300 watts is equal to about 28.3 thousand BTUs per hour.
In Scientific Notation
8,300 watts
= 8.3 x 103 watts
≈ 2.83208 x 104 BTUs per hour
Watts
A watt is the standard unit of power. It is the power needed to do one joule of work per second. A typical incandescent light bulb uses 40-100 watts.
BTUs per Hour
A British thermal unit is the amount of energy required to heat a pound of water by 1 degree Fahrenheit. This can vary slightly depending on the temperature of the water, therefore different estimates for the BTU exist. A BTU/hour is about 0.293 watts.