Capacitor Help

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Original poster: Jared E Dwarshuis <jdwarshui@xxxxxxxxx>

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Subject  Capacitance HELP


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

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Hi Al-

I always lean on a mneumonic: Thank Goodness Many Kind Men Made No
Problem.

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(hope this helps! )

Jared Dwarshuis