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Power Converter
Enter a value and choose units — the result appears instantly. This converter supports 14 units, and the table below shows your value in all of them at once.
1 kW = 1.3410221 hp
1 hp = 0.74569987 kW
Conversion table
1 kW =
| Unit | Value |
|---|---|
| Watt W | 1,000 |
| Milliwatt mW | 1,000,000 |
| Kilowatt kW | 1 |
| Megawatt MW | 0.001 |
| Gigawatt GW | 0.000001 |
| Horsepower (mechanical) hp | 1.3410221 |
| Metric horsepower (PS) PS | 1.3596216 |
| Electric horsepower hp(E) | 1.3404826 |
| BTU per hour BTU/h | 3,412.1416 |
| Kilocalorie per hour kcal/h | 860.42065 |
| Calorie per second cal/s | 239.00574 |
| Foot-pound per second ft⋅lbf/s | 737.56215 |
| Erg per second erg/s | 10,000,000,000 |
| Ton of refrigeration TR | 0.28434514 |
Quick reference
Kilowatt → Horsepower (mechanical)
| kW | hp |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1.3410221 |
| 2 | 2.6820442 |
| 5 | 6.7051104 |
| 10 | 13.410221 |
| 20 | 26.820442 |
| 50 | 67.051104 |
| 100 | 134.10221 |
| 1,000 | 1,341.0221 |
Kilowatt → Metric horsepower (PS)
| kW | PS |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1.3596216 |
| 2 | 2.7192432 |
| 5 | 6.7981081 |
| 10 | 13.596216 |
| 20 | 27.192432 |
| 50 | 67.981081 |
| 100 | 135.96216 |
| 1,000 | 1,359.6216 |
Watt → BTU per hour
| W | BTU/h |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3.4121416 |
| 2 | 6.8242833 |
| 5 | 17.060708 |
| 10 | 34.121416 |
| 20 | 68.242833 |
| 50 | 170.60708 |
| 100 | 341.21416 |
| 1,000 | 3,412.1416 |