BTU per Hour to Kilowatts Converter
1 BTU per hour ≈ 0.00029307107 kilowatts
1 BTU per hour equals 0.000293071 kilowatts
How to convert BTU per hour to kilowatts
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.
kW = BTU/h × 0.0002930710702One BTU per hour is 0.0002930710702 kilowatts, so a single multiplication converts any value.
0.00293071 kW ≈ 10 × 0.0002930710702BTU per hour to kilowatts conversion table
Common values in BTU per hour, converted to kilowatts.
| BTU per hour (BTU/h) | Kilowatts (kW) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0.00029307107 |
| 2 | 0.00058614214 |
| 3 | 0.00087921321 |
| 4 | 0.0011722843 |
| 5 | 0.0014653554 |
| 10 | 0.0029307107 |
| 20 | 0.0058614214 |
| 25 | 0.0073267768 |
| 50 | 0.014653554 |
| 100 | 0.029307107 |
| 250 | 0.073267768 |
| 500 | 0.14653554 |
| 1,000 | 0.29307107 |
About these units
BTU per hourBTU/h
The US rating unit for heating and air-conditioning capacity.
kilowattkW
One thousand watts. The usual rating unit for motors and appliances.
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.