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Table of Capacitance Conversions and Values By Mike Morris WA6ILQ

Background:

It's easy for others, but every time I try to convert capacitance values I always end up off by at least one factor of ten !   My high school electronics instructor, Mr. Andreano, wrote the first three columns on the chalkboard one day in 1965, and I copied it into my notebook. I added column 4 while I worked at NASA/JPL. Just print it, cut it out and post it over your workbench. End of problem !

Microfarads	Nanofarads	Picofarads	Japanese markings	Comments
0.000,001 µf	0.001 nF	1 pF		Sometimes labeled with a centered "P", as in 3p3=3.3pf
0.000,01 µf	0.01 nF	10 pF	100
0.000,1 µf	0.1 nF	100 pF	101
0.001 µf	1 nF	1,000 pF	102	Sometimes labeled with a centered "N", as in 3n3=3.3nf=.0033µf=3300pf
0.01 µf	10 nF	10,000 pF	103
0.1 µf	100 nF	100,000 pF	104
1 µf	1,000 nF	1,000,000 pF	105
10 µf	10,000 nF	10,000,000 pF	106
100 µf	100,000 nF	100,000,000 pF
1,000 µf	1,000,000 nF	1,000,000,000 pF

This is all based on the fact that 1 µf=1x10^-6 Farads, 1 nF=1x10^-9 Farads and 1 pF=1x10^-12 Farads

Contact Information:

The author can be contacted at: his-callsign [ at ] repeater-builder [ dot ] com.

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