Convert 1,700 BTUs per Hour to Kilowatts
How much power is 1,700 BTUs per hour? What is 1.7 thousand BTUs per hour in kilowatts? 1,700 BTU/hr to kW conversion.
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1,700 BTUs per Hour ≈
0.49822089 Kilowatts
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Result in Plain English
1,700 BTUs per hour is equal to about 0.498 kilowatts.
To a Percentage
1,700 BTUs per hour ≈ 49.8% of a kilowatt.
In Scientific Notation
1,700 BTUs per hour
= 1.7 x 103 BTUs per hour
≈ 4.98221 x 10-1 kilowatts
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.
Kilowatts
A kilowatt is 1,000 watts. Usain Bolt's maximum power output while sprinting was about 2.6 kilowatts.