Engineering Reference Tables / Units of Power

Power is nonething but rate of doing work. Units of Power are Power Units (Abbreviation), Calories per Second (cal/sec), Kilowatts (KW), Megawatts.

Power Units (Abbreviation) Equivalent Watt Unit
Calories per Second (cal/sec) 0.24 calories per second cal/sec = 1 W
Kilowatts (KW) 103W
Megawatts (MW) 106W
Gigawatts (GW) 109W
British Thermal Unit (BTU) 3.412142 BTU/hr = 1 w
decibel-milliwatts (dBm) 30 dBm = 1 W
Horsepower (HP) 746 watts

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