Power Converter

Instantly convert power between watts, kilowatts, megawatts, metric and mechanical horsepower, BTU and refrigeration units.

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Power Converter

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SI

Picowatt (pW)
1e15
Nanowatt (nW)
1,000,000,000,000
Microwatt (µW)
1,000,000,000
Milliwatt (mW)
1,000,000
Watt (W)
1,000

1 W = 1 J/s = 1 kg·m²/s³

Kilowatt (kW)
Input
1
Megawatt (MW)
0.001
Gigawatt (GW)
0.000001
Terawatt (TW)
1e-9

Heat flow

Thermochemical Calorie per Second (cal(th)/s)
239.006

Thermochemical calorie per second: 1 cal(th)/s = 4.184 W

Thermochemical Kilocalorie per Hour (kcal(th)/h)
860.421

1 kcal(th)/h = 4184 / 3600 W

International Table Kilocalorie per Hour (kcal(IT)/h)
859.845

1 kcal(IT)/h = 4186.8 / 3600 W

British Thermal Unit (IT) per Hour (BTU(IT)/h)
3,412.14

1 BTU(IT)/h = 1055.05585262 / 3600 W

Thermochemical British Thermal Unit per Hour (BTU(th)/h)
3,414.43

1 BTU(th)/h = 1054.35026444 / 3600 W

British Thermal Unit (IT) per Second (BTU(IT)/s)
0.947817

1 BTU(IT)/s = 1055.05585262 W

Horsepower

Mechanical Horsepower (hp(mech))
1.34102

Mechanical horsepower: 1 hp(mech) = 550 ft·lbf/s

Metric Horsepower (PS)
1.35962

Metric horsepower: 1 PS = 75 kgf·m/s = 735.49875 W

Electric Horsepower (hp(elec))
1.34048

Electric horsepower: 1 hp(elec) = 746 W

Boiler Horsepower (hp(boiler))
0.101942

Boiler horsepower: 1 hp(boiler) = 9809.5 W

Mechanical rate

Foot-pound Force per Second (ft·lbf/s)
737.562

Derived from the international pound, foot, and g₀

Foot-pound Force per Minute (ft·lbf/min)
44,253.7

1 ft·lbf/min = ft·lbf/s / 60

Kilogram-force Metre per Second (kgf·m/s)
101.972

1 kgf·m/s = 9.80665 W

Refrigeration

Ton of Refrigeration (TR)
0.284345

1 TR = 12000 BTU(IT)/h; the unit describes power, not mass

CGS

Erg per Second (erg/s)
10,000,000,000

1 erg/s = 10^-7 W

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