Re: Some capacitor questions

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Original poster: "Brett Miller by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <brmtesla-at-yahoo-dot-com>

Jon,

As far as your questions regarding the units go I'll
explain that...but I would look at a basic electronics
text for capacitor theory if I were you.

uF (microfarad) .000001 (one millionth of a farad)
nF (nanofarad)  .000000001 (one billionth of a farad)
pF (picofarad)  .000000000001 (one trillionth of a
farad)

So lets say you were dealing with a 0.006 microfarad
capacitor.

That would be 6nF and 6000pF.

 Hope this helped.
-Brett

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "bdsabds sadgsdgsda by way of Terry
> Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <fdgahbdfhbfdb-at-juno-dot-com>
> 
> What is the difference between pF uF, and the
> others? If there was just a
> site that tells conversions, that is all I would
> need, since I know what
> pico, micro and the lot mean. 
> I see how capacitors do their job, but I don't
> understand how they are
> charged by weaker power sources and how they get
> discharged in a circuit.
> Also, what makes some capacitors discharge all their
> energy at once, or
> slowly over time?
> Thanks,
> Jon
>
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