kilowatt
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The kilowatt is exactly 1000 watts, an exact SI prefix relation. It is the practical unit for appliances, motors, vehicle output and building services. One kilowatt is about 1.341 mechanical horsepower, and one kilowatt of resistance heating delivers 3412 BTU/h.
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One kilowatt in every power unit
| 1,000,000,000,000 | nanowatt (nW) | |
| 10,000,000,000 | erg per second (erg/s) | |
| 1,000,000,000 | microwatt (μW) | |
| 1,000,000 | milliwatt (mW) | |
| 44,253.7 | foot pound-force per minute (ft·lbf/min) | |
| 3,412.14 | BTU per hour (BTU/h) | convert → |
| 1,000 | watt (W) | convert → |
| 859.845 | kilocalorie per hour (kcal/h) | |
| 737.562 | foot pound-force per second (ft·lbf/s) | |
| 3.41214 | thousand BTU per hour (MBH) | |
| 1.35962 | metric horsepower (PS) | |
| 1.34102 | horsepower (mechanical) (hp) | convert → |
| 1.34048 | electrical horsepower (hp (elec)) | |
| 1 | kilowatt (kW)this unit | |
| 0.284345 | ton of refrigeration (ton) | convert → |
| 0.101942 | boiler horsepower (bhp) | |
| 0.00341214 | million BTU per hour (MMBTU/h) | |
| 0.001 | megawatt (MW) | convert → |
| 0.000001 | gigawatt (GW) | |
| 1.00000e-09 | terawatt (TW) | |
| 2.61233e-24 | solar luminosity (Lsun) |
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