Convert 68,000 BTUs per Hour to Watts
How much power is 68,000 BTUs per hour? What is 68 thousand BTUs per hour in watts? 68,000 BTU/hr to W conversion.
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68,000 BTUs per Hour ≈
19,928.836 Watts
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68 thousand BTUs per hour is equal to about 19.9 thousand watts.
In Scientific Notation
68,000 BTUs per hour
= 6.8 x 104 BTUs per hour
≈ 1.99288 x 104 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.