Convert foot pound force per second to watts
Foot-pound-force per second
The foot-pound-force per second (ft·lbf/s) is a unit of power in the imperial and US customary systems, representing the rate at which one foot-pound-force of work is done per second. One ft·lbf/s is approximately equal to 1.3558179 watts. Mechanical horsepower is defined as exactly 550 ft·lbf/s, making this unit fundamental to the definition of horsepower. It is used in engineering contexts involving mechanical work in imperial units.
Watt
The watt (symbol: W ) is a unit of power. In the International System of Units (SI) it is defined as a derived unit of 1 joule per second, and is used to quantify the rate of energy transfer. In SI base units, the watt is described as kg⋅m 2 ⋅s −3 , which can be demonstrated to be coherent by dimensional analysis. The watt is named after James Watt, an 18th-century Scottish inventor.