Convert Foot-pounds/min to Kilowatts
Convert Foot-pounds/min to Kilowatts instantly. 1 Foot-pound per Minute (ft·lb/min) equals 0.0000226 Kilowatts (kW).
Foot-pounds/min to Kilowatts conversion table
| Foot-pounds/min (ft·lb/min) | Kilowatts (kW) |
|---|---|
| 1 ft·lb/min | 0.0000226 kW |
| 2 ft·lb/min | 0.00004519 kW |
| 3 ft·lb/min | 0.00006779 kW |
| 5 ft·lb/min | 0.000113 kW |
| 10 ft·lb/min | 0.000226 kW |
| 20 ft·lb/min | 0.0004519 kW |
| 50 ft·lb/min | 0.00113 kW |
| 100 ft·lb/min | 0.00226 kW |
| 500 ft·lb/min | 0.0113 kW |
| 1,000 ft·lb/min | 0.0226 kW |
1 Foot-pound per Minute = 0.0000226 Kilowatts · multiply Foot-pounds/min by 0.0000226
About converting Foot-pounds/min to Kilowatts
Foot-pounds/min (ft·lb/min) and Kilowatts (kW) are both units of power, so converting between them is a single multiplication: multiply your Foot-pounds/min figure by 0.0000226. Ten Foot-pounds/min comes to 0.000226 Kilowatts, and a hundred works out at 0.00226 Kilowatts.
Rule of thumb: going from Foot-pounds/min to Kilowatts divides, so the figure always shrinks — it takes about 44,253.73 Foot-pounds/min to make a single Kilowatt. If your answer came out bigger, you have the conversion the wrong way round.
What is a Foot-pound per Minute?
The foot-pound per minute is the raw ingredient horsepower was built from. It is exactly what it says: the work of lifting a pound through a foot, done once a minute. James Watt’s original estimates of what a horse could do were made in these terms, and mechanical horsepower is still formally defined as 33,000 of them — which is why horsepower converts to such an untidy number of watts. On its own the unit is now mostly a teaching device and a fixture of older American engineering texts, appearing where someone wants to show the arithmetic behind a horsepower rating rather than simply quote it.
What is a Kilowatt?
A kilowatt is a thousand watts, the size at which power stops being about gadgets and starts being about infrastructure. It rates the things in a house that actually move the meter — kettles, ovens, showers, heat pumps, immersion heaters — and it is the unit of EV charging, where the kilowatt figure sets how fast a car charges while the battery’s kilowatt-hours set how far it goes. It is also the legal unit of engine power in the European Union: manufacturers must state kW on a vehicle’s paperwork, even though the marketing beside it still leads with horsepower.
To put both in perspective: someone climbing stairs steadily works at a few thousand foot-pounds per minute, while an electric kettle draws a couple of kilowatts.
The converter above updates as you type, and the table lists common values for quick reference. Need the opposite direction? Use the Kilowatts to Foot-pounds/min converter, or browse all Power converters.
Frequently asked questions
How many Kilowatts are in one Foot-pound per Minute?
There are 0.0000226 Kilowatts in one Foot-pound per Minute.
How do I convert Foot-pounds/min to Kilowatts?
Multiply the number of Foot-pounds/min by 0.0000226. For example, 10 Foot-pounds/min = 0.000226 Kilowatts.
What is 100 Foot-pounds/min in Kilowatts?
100 Foot-pounds/min is equal to 0.00226 Kilowatts.
How do I convert Kilowatts to Foot-pounds/min?
Multiply the Kilowatts value by 44,253.73 (or divide by 0.0000226).
Is this Foot-pounds/min to Kilowatts conversion exact?
The definition is exact — Foot-pounds/min and Kilowatts are both fixed against the same base by international agreement — but the decimal shown here is rounded for readability, because the true ratio does not terminate. For engineering or scientific work, carry more decimal places than this page displays.
What is a Foot-pound per Minute?
The foot-pound per minute is the raw ingredient horsepower was built from. It is exactly what it says: the work of lifting a pound through a foot, done once a minute. James Watt’s original estimates of what a horse could do were made in these terms, and mechanical horsepower is still formally defined as 33,000 of them — which is why horsepower converts to such an untidy number of watts. On its own the unit is now mostly a teaching device and a fixture of older American engineering texts, appearing where someone wants to show the arithmetic behind a horsepower rating rather than simply quote it.
What is a Kilowatt?
A kilowatt is a thousand watts, the size at which power stops being about gadgets and starts being about infrastructure. It rates the things in a house that actually move the meter — kettles, ovens, showers, heat pumps, immersion heaters — and it is the unit of EV charging, where the kilowatt figure sets how fast a car charges while the battery’s kilowatt-hours set how far it goes. It is also the legal unit of engine power in the European Union: manufacturers must state kW on a vehicle’s paperwork, even though the marketing beside it still leads with horsepower.