Convert BTU per hour to horsepower (mechanical)
1 BTU/h = 0.0003930147789 hp
1 BTU/h = 0.000393 hp
1 BTU/h in every power unit
| milliwatt | 293 mW |
| watt | 0.293 W |
| kilowatt | 0.000293 kW |
| megawatt | 2.93e-07 MW |
| horsepower (mechanical) | 0.000393 hp |
| BTU per hour | 1 BTU/h |
| ton of refrigeration | 0.0000833 ton |
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 |