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Old 01-21-2004
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how many BTUs out put from 1500 watt electric heater
obiec,

The straight conversion from Watts to Btu/hr is to multiply Watts by 3.4144. In the case of an electric resistance heater, I believe 100% efficiency is assumed, so you are getting a little over 5,000 BTU/hr.
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