RE: Capacitance HELP

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Original poster: "Dave Halliday" <dh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

1,000 pF equals 1nF equals 0.001 uF

Pico
Nano
Micro

There is a x1,000 difference between each level.

Talking about metric -- I just bought an imported (Chinese) mill and the
leadscrews are graduated in thousandths of an inch but they don't wrap
around...  It's a metric screw with English markings on the dial.

I am CNC-ing it so the problem is moot -- still, an annoyance...

Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 9:11 PM
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> Subject: Capacitance HELP
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> Original poster: Allan & Sandra <allan_sandra@xxxxxxxxx>
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> 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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