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RE: Capacitance HELP



Original poster: "Freddie Hamilton" <crzydmd@xxxxxxxxxxx>




From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Capacitance HELP
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 22:10:43 -0700

Original poster: Allan & Sandra <allan_sandra@xxxxxxxxx>

HI List
From
Al Scott
Ok Here goes
UF - what does the u stand for if the f stands for Farads
i know there is nanofarads =NF
Picofarads = PF
When you use the capacitance formula for a plate type cap your answer is in Picofarads, now if i wanted to make a cap with a value of 30NF my problem is i would like to know what all of the different units are - UF,PF,NF,MF,F,MFD, ect.and in what order and where they are
before and after the decimal point.
How many PF's are in a UF or NF
which one of these is closest to the right of the decimal point and what ones are the farthest
and what ones are in between and in what order and what ones did i mis if any.

Like a metric ruler you have MM CM ect. right up to Km or what ever is before MM
I have always hated metric
Thanks in Advance


The "U" in "UF" is actually a "ì" (Small Greek letter Mu) and it means "micro". 1 ìF = 1,000 nF = 1,000,000 pF (& conversely, 0.000001 ìF = 0.001 nF = 1 pF). "MF" & "MFD" also mean "microfarad".