Kilowatt (kW)

A kilowatt (kW) equals 1,000 watts. Kilowatts rate appliance power (space heater: 1.5 kW, hair dryer: 1.8 kW), electric vehicle motors (50-300 kW), and home electrical capacity. Average US home has 200-amp service providing about 48 kW maximum.

Convert From Kilowatts

kilowatts to watts Kilowatt to Milliwatt kW to MW Kilowatt to Gigawatt kW to horsepower kW to PS Kilowatt to Foot-pound per Second kW to BTU/h Kilowatt to BTU per Second kW to tons of refrigeration Kilowatt to Calorie per Second Kilowatt to Kilocalorie per Hour

Convert To Kilowatts

watts to kilowatts Milliwatt to Kilowatt MW to kW Gigawatt to Kilowatt horsepower to kW PS to kW Foot-pound per Second to Kilowatt BTU/h to kW BTU per Second to Kilowatt tons of refrigeration to kW Calorie per Second to Kilowatt Kilocalorie per Hour to Kilowatt

Conversion Factors

1 kW 1000 W

1 kW 0.001 mW

1 kW 0.001 MW

1 kW 1e-6 GW

1 kW 1.3410220888 hp

1 kW 1.3596216173 PS

1 kW 737.56214929 ft·lb/s

1 kW 3412.1416351 BTU/h

1 kW 0.9478171203 BTU/s

1 kW 0.2843451395 TR

1 kW 239.00573614 cal/s

1 kW 859.84522786 kcal/h

Related Units

Watt (W) Milliwatt (mW) Megawatt (MW) Gigawatt (GW) Horsepower (Mechanical) (hp) Metric Horsepower (PS) Foot-pound per Second (ft·lb/s) BTU per Hour (BTU/h) BTU per Second (BTU/s) Ton of Refrigeration (TR) Calorie per Second (cal/s) Kilocalorie per Hour (kcal/h)