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How to convert power
Power is the rate of energy transfer. Mechanical and metric horsepower use different definitions; Btu uses the international-table definition.
Multiply by the source unit factor to get the base quantity, then divide by the target factor. The other-units table compares the same value without retyping it.
A worked example
2.5 kilowatts × 1000 = 2500 watts.
Before you use the result
Displayed values are rounded; extra digits do not make your measurement more accurate. Power is the rate of energy transfer. Mechanical and metric horsepower use different definitions; Btu uses the international-table definition.
kilowatts (kW) to watts (W): reference values
| kilowatts (kW) | watts (W) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1000 |
| 10 | 10000 |
| 100 | 100000 |
Calculated with the same conversion as the tool above.
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