Power Converter
Convert between watts, kilowatts, horsepower and BTU per hour.
- 1 Horsepower (hp, mechanical) =
- 0.7456998716 Kilowatt (kW)
- Watt (W)
- 745.6998716
- Kilowatt (kW)
- 0.7456998716
- Megawatt (MW)
- 0.0007456999
- Metric horsepower (PS)
- 1.013869665
- BTU per hour
- 2,544.433578
- Foot-pound per second
- 550
What is Power Converter?
Power is how fast energy is used or produced. Engines are rated in horsepower, appliances in watts and air conditioners in BTU per hour.
What this tool does
Choose the unit you have and the unit you want, then enter a value. The result is shown first, and a table below lists the same value in every other unit of this converter. Factors use the standard definitions, so converting there and back gives the starting value.
How to use it
- Enter the value to convert.
- Choose the unit to convert from and the unit to convert to.
- Read the result, or look in the table for the other units.
Did you know?
- One mechanical horsepower is about 745.7 watts, while a metric horsepower is about 735.5 watts.
- James Watt, after whom the watt is named, invented the horsepower to sell steam engines to people who used horses.