Convert BTU per hour to horsepower (mechanical)
1 BTU/h = 0.0003930147789 hp
1 BTU/h = 0.00039301 hp
1 BTU/h in every power unit
| nanowatt | 293,070,000 nW |
| erg per second | 2,930,700 erg/s |
| microwatt | 293,070 μW |
| milliwatt | 293.07 mW |
| foot pound-force per minute | 12.969 ft·lbf/min |
| BTU per hour | 1 BTU/h |
| watt | 0.29307 W |
| kilocalorie per hour | 0.252 kcal/h |
| foot pound-force per second | 0.21616 ft·lbf/s |
| thousand BTU per hour | 0.001 MBH |
| metric horsepower | 0.00039847 PS |
| horsepower (mechanical) | 0.00039301 hp |
| electrical horsepower | 0.00039286 hp (elec) |
| kilowatt | 0.00029307 kW |
| ton of refrigeration | 0.000083333 ton |
| boiler horsepower | 0.000029876 bhp |
| million BTU per hour | 0.000001 MMBTU/h |
| megawatt | 2.9307e-07 MW |
| gigawatt | 2.9307e-10 GW |
| terawatt | 2.9307e-13 TW |
| solar luminosity | 7.6560e-28 Lsun |
How the conversion works
Multiply by 0.0003930147789 to go from BTU per hour to horsepower (mechanical), or divide by it to go back. Every conversion on this site routes through the SI value (W) rather than a table of pairwise factors, so a round-trip returns exactly what you started with.
Going the other way? horsepower (mechanical) to BTU per hour — 1 hp = 2,544.433578 BTU/h.
BTU per hour to horsepower (mechanical) — common values
| 1 BTU/h | 0.00039301478 hp |
| 2 BTU/h | 0.00078602956 hp |
| 3 BTU/h | 0.0011790443 hp |
| 5 BTU/h | 0.0019650739 hp |
| 10 BTU/h | 0.0039301478 hp |
| 15 BTU/h | 0.0058952217 hp |
| 20 BTU/h | 0.0078602956 hp |
| 25 BTU/h | 0.0098253695 hp |
| 50 BTU/h | 0.019650739 hp |
| 75 BTU/h | 0.029476108 hp |
| 100 BTU/h | 0.039301478 hp |
| 250 BTU/h | 0.098253695 hp |
| 500 BTU/h | 0.19650739 hp |
| 1000 BTU/h | 0.39301478 hp |