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 watt (W) 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 watt 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 W | mW | 1000 |
| wattfrom W | W | 1 |
| kilowattfrom W | kW | 0.001 |
| megawattfrom W | MW | 0.000001 |
| gigawattfrom W | GW | 0.000000001 |
| mechanical horsepowerfrom W | hp | 0.00134102 |
| metric horsepowerfrom W | PS | 0.00135962 |
| electrical horsepowerfrom W | hp(E) | 0.00134048 |
| boiler horsepowerfrom W | hp(S) | 0.000101942 |
| foot pound-force per secondfrom W | ft·lbf/s | 0.737562 |
| British thermal unit per hourfrom W | BtuIT/h | 3.41214 |
| ton of refrigerationfrom W | TR | 0.000284345 |
SI symbols follow international notation. U.S. and Imperial measures are labelled separately where their values differ.
Watt (W) and foot pound-force per second (ft·lbf/s) are units of power. Use this page to convert in either direction.
| Watt (W) | Foot Pound-force Per Second (ft·lbf/s) |
|---|---|
| 1 W | 0.737562 ft·lbf/s |
| 5 W | 3.68781 ft·lbf/s |
| 10 W | 7.37562 ft·lbf/s |
| 100 W | 73.7562 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 W (foot pound-force per second to watt)