Convert 0.5 BTUs per Hour to Watts
How much power is 0.5 BTUs per hour? What is 1⁄2 of a BTU per hour in watts? 0.5 BTU/hr to W conversion.
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0.5 BTUs per Hour ≈
0.14653556 Watts
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Result in Plain English
0.5 BTUs per hour is equal to about 0.147 watts.
From a Percentage
50% of a BTU per hour ≈ 0.147 watts.
To a Percentage
0.5 BTUs per hour ≈ 14.7% of a watt.
In Scientific Notation
0.5 BTUs per hour
= 5 x 10-1 BTUs per hour
≈ 1.46536 x 10-1 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.
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.