Convert 500 BTUs per Hour to Kilowatts
How much power is 500 BTUs per hour? What is 500 BTUs per hour in kilowatts? 500 BTU/hr to kW conversion.
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500 BTUs per Hour ≈
0.14653556 Kilowatts
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Result in Plain English
500 BTUs per hour is equal to about 0.147 kilowatts.
To a Percentage
500 BTUs per hour ≈ 14.7% of a kilowatt.
In Scientific Notation
500 BTUs per hour
= 5 x 102 BTUs per hour
≈ 1.46536 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.