BTU per Hour to Mechanical Horsepower Converter
1 BTU per hour ≈ 0.000393014779 mechanical horsepower
Metric horsepower (PS) is a different unit, about 1.4% smaller.
1 BTU per hour equals 0.000393015 mechanical horsepower
How to convert BTU per hour to mechanical horsepower
Power is energy transferred per time: 1 W = 1 J/s. Mechanical, metric and electrical horsepower have different definitions; select the version stated on the equipment rating.
hp = BTU/h × 0.0003930147789One BTU per hour is 0.0003930147789 mechanical horsepower, so a single multiplication converts any value.
0.00393015 hp ≈ 10 × 0.0003930147789Metric horsepower (PS) is a different unit, about 1.4% smaller.
BTU per hour to mechanical horsepower conversion table
Common values in BTU per hour, converted to mechanical horsepower.
| BTU per hour (BTU/h) | Mechanical horsepower (hp) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0.00039301478 |
| 2 | 0.00078602956 |
| 3 | 0.0011790443 |
| 4 | 0.0015720591 |
| 5 | 0.0019650739 |
| 10 | 0.0039301478 |
| 20 | 0.0078602956 |
| 25 | 0.0098253695 |
| 50 | 0.019650739 |
| 100 | 0.039301478 |
| 250 | 0.098253695 |
| 500 | 0.19650739 |
| 1,000 | 0.39301478 |
About these units
BTU per hourBTU/h
The US rating unit for heating and air-conditioning capacity.
mechanical horsepowerhp
Exactly 550 foot-pounds per second: about 745.7 watts. The US and UK engine unit.
Sources and precision
Table results are rounded to 8 significant digits; formula constants may be rounded to 10. Worked example answers use 6 significant digits. The converter starts at 6 significant digits and lets you change display precision. Calculations use the stored factors without intermediate rounding. Exact unit definitions do not make an input measurement more precise; conventional and measured factors follow the assumptions stated here.