Gas stove burners are rated in BTU; electric burners in W. I can convert watts to BTU/hr, or BTU to kWh. They have different dimensions.
When they tell me a burner is 10,000 BTU, I wonder - is that if it's left on for an hour? That seems to be the only way to make the units match.
2007-12-31 09:38:25 · 5 answers · asked by Ray W 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
1 BTU = 1 055.05585 joules
1Watt = 1joule/s
Therefore 1BTU/hr=1 055.05585joule/hr = 29307.1Watt
I suppose that the answer to your second question maybe : yes
2007-12-31 10:03:35 · answer #1 · answered by klimbim 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes BTUs' are rated per hour.
An electric burner would be rated in watts, which when left on an hour would be watt-hours.
To convert watt-hours to BTU, multiply the watt rating of the burner times 3.412 = BTU.
Easy!
Hope this answers your burning question.
Sorry couldn't resist.
2007-12-31 15:39:29 · answer #2 · answered by charley128 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To see how to do the conversion, see Ref 1.
2007-12-31 14:57:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Experimentally. Measure the amount of time to boil water in the same container, same volume of water, same ambient temperature, same air flow, same starting temperature.
2007-12-31 14:27:14 · answer #4 · answered by Nigel M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rating should be 10,000 Btuh, the h is left off rather too often.
2007-12-31 10:51:27 · answer #5 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋