Q&A BTU and Watts - What's the relationship?

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Question:

Does anyone know the relationship between BTU's and Watts.

I want to buy a heater for my garage but the heater's I've seen only list the watts.



Answer:

About 3.4 BTU's in a watt/hour. So 1500 watts is about 5100 BTU
 
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