Re: Newark ebay capacitor: primary tank capacitor?

["Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>]

Original poster: Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-com 

In a message dated 2/24/04 12:21:08 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:


>could that capacitor(in series obviously) handle the stresses of primary
>tank capacitor duties? Also, can some1 point me to reference so I can
>convert uf to nf, pf and uf, and so on? I know 10^-9 is nano and 10^-6 is
>micro but that doesnt mean much to a mid class geometry student.


You are correct.  Micro is 10 - 6, pico 10 -12, nano 10 -9.  So -
.01 microfarads is equal to:
10 nanofarads, and
10,000 picofarads

Ed Sonderman