Kilowatt-hour (kWh) - Unit Information & Conversion

Symbol:kWh
Plural:kilowatt-hours
Category:Energy

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Kilowatt-hour Conversion Formulas

To Joule:

1 kWh = 3600000 J
Example: 5 kilowatt-hours = 18000000 joules

To Kilojoule:

1 kWh = 3600 kJ
Example: 5 kilowatt-hours = 18000 kilojoules

To Megajoule:

1 kWh = 3.6 MJ
Example: 5 kilowatt-hours = 18 megajoules

To Gigajoule:

1 kWh = 0.0036 GJ
Example: 5 kilowatt-hours = 0.018 gigajoules

To Watt-hour:

1 kWh = 1000 Wh
Example: 5 kilowatt-hours = 5000 watt-hours

To Megawatt-hour:

1 kWh = 0.001 MWh
Example: 5 kilowatt-hours = 0.005 megawatt-hours

To Calorie:

1 kWh = 860420.650096 cal
Example: 5 kilowatt-hours = 4302103.250478 calories

To Kilocalorie:

1 kWh = 860.42065 kcal
Example: 5 kilowatt-hours = 4302.10325 kilocalories

To British Thermal Unit:

1 kWh = 3412.12822 BTU
Example: 5 kilowatt-hours = 17060.641101 BTUs

To Therm:

1 kWh = 0.034121 therm
Example: 5 kilowatt-hours = 0.170606 therms

To Foot-pound:

1 kWh = 2655223.636211 ft⋅lb
Example: 5 kilowatt-hours = 13276118.181054 foot-pounds

To Electronvolt:

1 kWh = N/A eV
Example: 5 kilowatt-hours = N/A electronvolts

To Erg:

1 kWh = 36000000000000 erg
Example: 5 kilowatt-hours = 180000000000000 ergs

To Quad:

1 kWh = 3.4121e-12 quad
Example: 5 kilowatt-hours = 1.7061e-11 quads

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