Convert 500,000 Watts to Tons of Refrigeration
How much power is 500,000 watts? What is 500 thousand watts in tons of refrigeration? 500,000 W to TR conversion.
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500,000 Watts ≈
142.17255 Tons of Refrigeration
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Result in Plain English
500 thousand watts is equal to about 142 tons of refrigeration.
In Scientific Notation
500,000 watts
= 5 x 105 watts
≈ 1.42173 x 102 tons of refrigeration
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.
Tons of Refrigeration
A ton of refrigeration is a unit of power sometimes used in the United States. It is defined as the energy put off by melting a ton of ice every 24 hours, and is approximately 12,000 BTUs per hour.