Power Conversions
Mechanical horsepower is commonly used to measure the maximum power of a car's engine in the United States or the UK. It is approximately equal to 746 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.
Power Conversion Tables
(some results are rounded)
| 1 BTU per Hour = |
|---|
| 2.9307 x 10-10 gigawatts |
| 0.00039301 horsepower |
| 0.00029307 kilowatts |
| 2.9307 x 10-7 megawatts |
| 0.00039847 metric horsepower |
| 8.3333 x 10-5 tons of refrigeration |
| 0.29307 watts |
| 1 Gigawatt = |
|---|
| 3.4121 x 109 btus per hour |
| 1,341,022 horsepower |
| 1,000,000 kilowatts |
| 1,000 megawatts |
| 1,359,622 metric horsepower |
| 284,345 tons of refrigeration |
| 1 x 109 watts |
| 1 Horsepower = |
|---|
| 2,544.4 btus per hour |
| 7.4570 x 10-7 gigawatts |
| 0.74570 kilowatts |
| 0.00074570 megawatts |
| 1.0139 metric horsepower |
| 0.21204 tons of refrigeration |
| 745.70 watts |
| 1 Kilowatt = |
|---|
| 3,412.1 btus per hour |
| 1 x 10-6 gigawatts |
| 1.3410 horsepower |
| 0.001 megawatts |
| 1.3596 metric horsepower |
| 0.28435 tons of refrigeration |
| 1,000 watts |
| 1 Megawatt = |
|---|
| 3,412,141 btus per hour |
| 0.001 gigawatts |
| 1,341.0 horsepower |
| 1,000 kilowatts |
| 1,359.6 metric horsepower |
| 284.35 tons of refrigeration |
| 1,000,000 watts |
| 1 Metric Horsepower = |
|---|
| 2,509.6 btus per hour |
| 7.3550 x 10-7 gigawatts |
| 0.98632 horsepower |
| 0.73550 kilowatts |
| 0.00073550 megawatts |
| 0.20914 tons of refrigeration |
| 735.50 watts |
| 1 Ton of Refrigeration = |
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| 12,000 btus per hour |
| 3.5169 x 10-6 gigawatts |
| 4.7162 horsepower |
| 3.5169 kilowatts |
| 0.0035169 megawatts |
| 4.7816 metric horsepower |
| 3,516.9 watts |
| 1 Watt = |
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| 3.4121 btus per hour |
| 1 x 10-9 gigawatts |
| 0.0013410 horsepower |
| 0.001 kilowatts |
| 1 x 10-6 megawatts |
| 0.0013596 metric horsepower |
| 0.00028435 tons of refrigeration |