A heat exchange device that uses the heat in steam, hot water, or an electric resistance element to warm the air in a room; often called inaccurately, a radiator. Essentially, it's a space heater that transfers heat to the surrounding air by convection. And, just as an interesting side fact, in Roman mythology, the god Convector oversaw the bringing in of the crops from the fields.
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The cause can be easily found by checking Hazen -williams formula's
It can supply up to 1.5 kW into a load with a perfect power factor like a convector heater, or less if the power factor is less than 1. For example a motor might have a power factor of 0.75, then only 1125 watts could be used, in other words about 1.5 horse-power.