How to use: Energy Converter

Description

Convert joules, kilowatt-hours, calories, kilocalories, BTU, electronvolts and tonnes of oil equivalent.

• Unit Converters
• Because everything is computed client-side, Energy Converter is safe to use with sensitive data such as API keys, tokens or private logs.

How to use

Using Energy Converter takes three steps:

1. Paste your data into the input box (or load the example).
2. Configure the options to match your target format or scenario.
3. Copy, download or inspect the output — it updates live as you type.

Run

Examples

One kilowatt-hour in joules, BTU, calories and megajoules.

Input

1

Output

1 kwh = 3.6 mj

All energy units (base j):
  j           3600000
  kj          3600
  mj          3.6
  gj          0.0036
  cal         860420.650096
  kcal        860.420650096
  wh          1000
  kwh         1
  mwh         0.001
  btu         3412.14163313
  ftlb        2655223.73746
  ev          2.246943267e+25
  eV          2.246943267e+25
  toe         0.0000859845227859
  therm       0.034121282202

This output was produced by actually running the tool, not written by hand.

Use cases

Common situations where Energy Converter helps:

• Convert joules, kilowatt-hours, calories, kilocalories, BTU, electronvolts and tonnes of oil equivalent.

Parameters

This tool has no options — it works on the input alone.

FAQ

Good to know

• Everything runs client-side, so extremely large inputs are limited by your browser tab’s memory rather than by a server upload limit.

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