Kilowatt (kW) - Unit Information & Conversion
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What is a Kilowatt?
Kilowatt Conversion Formulas
To Watt:
1 kW = 1000 W
Example: 5 kilowatts = 5000 watts
To Milliwatt:
1 kW = 1000000 mW
Example: 5 kilowatts = 5000000 milliwatts
To Megawatt:
1 kW = 0.001 MW
Example: 5 kilowatts = 0.005 megawatts
To Gigawatt:
1 kW = 0.000001 GW
Example: 5 kilowatts = 0.000005 gigawatts
To Horsepower:
1 kW = 1.341022 hp
Example: 5 kilowatts = 6.70511 horsepower
To Metric Horsepower:
1 kW = 1.359622 PS
Example: 5 kilowatts = 6.798108 PS
To Electric Horsepower:
1 kW = 1.340483 hp(E)
Example: 5 kilowatts = 6.702413 hp(E)
To BTU per Hour:
1 kW = 3412.141633 BTU/h
Example: 5 kilowatts = 17060.708166 BTU/h
To BTU per Minute:
1 kW = 56.869027 BTU/min
Example: 5 kilowatts = 284.345136 BTU/min
To BTU per Second:
1 kW = 0.947817 BTU/s
Example: 5 kilowatts = 4.739086 BTU/s
To Foot-pound per Second:
1 kW = 737.562149 ft⋅lb/s
Example: 5 kilowatts = 3687.810746 ft⋅lb/s
To Foot-pound per Minute:
1 kW = 44253.728957 ft⋅lb/min
Example: 5 kilowatts = 221268.644783 ft⋅lb/min
To Calorie per Second:
1 kW = 239.005736 cal/s
Example: 5 kilowatts = 1195.028681 cal/s
To Kilocalorie per Hour:
1 kW = 860.42065 kcal/h
Example: 5 kilowatts = 4302.10325 kcal/h
To Ton of Refrigeration:
1 kW = 0.284345 TR
Example: 5 kilowatts = 1.421726 TR
To Erg per Second:
1 kW = 10000000000 erg/s
Example: 5 kilowatts = 50000000000 erg/s
To Joule per Second:
1 kW = 1000 J/s
Example: 5 kilowatts = 5000 J/s
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