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Btu's and watts

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What's the correlation between Btu's and watts? Ex. 10,000 Btu's = ? watts
 
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BTU is a measure of energy, whereas watts is a measure of power. Power being the time rate consumption of energy. 1 BTU is about 1055 joules, and 1 watt is 1 joule per second. So 1 BTU is equivalent to the energy consumed by a 60 watt light bulb in about 18 seconds.

10,000 BTU = 2930.5 watt-hours
 
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