Convert 5,000 BTUs per Hour to Watts
How much power is 5,000 BTUs per hour? What is 5 thousand BTUs per hour in watts? 5,000 BTU/hr to W conversion.
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5,000 BTUs per Hour ≈
1,465.3556 Watts
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Result in Plain English
5,000 BTUs per hour is equal to about 1,470 watts.
In Scientific Notation
5,000 BTUs per hour
= 5 x 103 BTUs per hour
≈ 1.46536 x 103 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.