Power
Rate of work, heat transfer and machinery output.
Try a decimal, 1e-9, 1/3, or 5 1/2.
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Convert kilowatt (kW) to foot pound-force per second (ft·lbf/s). Enter a value for an instant result, or use the examples and reverse conversion below.
Rate of work, heat transfer and machinery output.
Try a decimal, 1e-9, 1/3, or 5 1/2.
Enter a kilowatt value to calculate foot pound-force per second with full internal precision before display rounding.
Auto trims unnecessary zeroes and uses scientific notation for extreme magnitudes. Use Digits to set the display precision; calculations retain full precision.
| Unit | Symbol | Converted value |
|---|---|---|
| milliwattfrom kW | mW | 1000000 |
| wattfrom kW | W | 1000 |
| kilowattfrom kW | kW | 1 |
| megawattfrom kW | MW | 0.001 |
| gigawattfrom kW | GW | 0.000001 |
| mechanical horsepowerfrom kW | hp | 1.34102 |
| metric horsepowerfrom kW | PS | 1.35962 |
| electrical horsepowerfrom kW | hp(E) | 1.34048 |
| boiler horsepowerfrom kW | hp(S) | 0.101942 |
| foot pound-force per secondfrom kW | ft·lbf/s | 737.562 |
| British thermal unit per hourfrom kW | BtuIT/h | 3412.14 |
| ton of refrigerationfrom kW | TR | 0.284345 |
SI symbols follow international notation. U.S. and Imperial measures are labelled separately where their values differ.
Kilowatt (kW) and foot pound-force per second (ft·lbf/s) are units of power. Use this page to convert in either direction.
| Kilowatt (kW) | Foot Pound-force Per Second (ft·lbf/s) |
|---|---|
| 1 kW | 737.562 ft·lbf/s |
| 5 kW | 3687.81 ft·lbf/s |
| 10 kW | 7375.62 ft·lbf/s |
| 100 kW | 73756.2 ft·lbf/s |
Examples are rounded to 6 significant digits. The interactive converter retains full calculation precision; change Display Precision to see more digits.
ft·lbf/s to kW (foot pound-force per second to kilowatt)