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Kilowatt-hour

kilowatt-hour
Residential electricity meter located in Canada
General information
Unit systemNon-SI metric
Unit ofEnergy
SymbolkW⋅h, kW h
Conversions
1 kW⋅h in ...... is equal to ...
   SI units   3.6 MJ
   CGS units   3.6×1013 erg
   Imperial units   85,429,300 ft⋅pdl
   English Engineering units (US only)   2,655,224 ft⋅lbf

A kilowatt-hour (unit symbol: kW⋅h or kW h; commonly written as kWh) is a non-SI unit of energy equal to 3.6 megajoules (MJ) in SI units, which is the energy delivered by one kilowatt of power for one hour. Kilowatt-hours are a common billing unit for electrical energy supplied by electric utilities. Metric prefixes are used for multiples and submultiples of the basic unit, the watt-hour (3.6 kJ).


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