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From: mark@adec23.UUCP (Mark Salyzyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next,sci.electronics,rec.ham-radio
Subject: Re: Unit nomenclature (Was Disk transfer speed)
Summary: European caps
Message-ID: <1638@adec23.UUCP>
Date: 10 Nov 88 17:38:19 GMT
References: <938@ccnysci.UUCP> <8810250344.AA02429@esplanade.csri.toronto.edu> <55@sopwith.UUCP>
Organization: ADEC Systems Inc., Edmonton, Alberta
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In article <55@sopwith.UUCP>, snoopy@sopwith.UUCP (Snoopy T. Beagle) writes:
> Now if you can just get the people who label capacitors to comply.
> 
>     _____     
>    /_____\    Snoopy	"Look Marge, I found a 47 Mega-Farad capacitor!"
>   /_______\   
>     |___|     tektronix!tekecs!sopwith!snoopy
>     |___|     sun!nosun!illian!sopwith!snoopy

I don't believe it :-). Most of the capacitor makers label their capacitors
with the colour code standard or the numbers associated with the colour
code standard. eg yellow blue yellow (or 474) is 470000 uF. The other
method used is the European standard of using the muliplier as the point
placement. eg. 4n7 is 4700 uF or 4.7 nF. I have seen a few (when space permits)
to put the units in their entirety. I have seen non that have used upper case
letter (keep in mind that a small upper case `m' (smaller than other letters
and numbers) is a LOWER case letter).

Does any one know the capacitance of a 60Ah battery, or is it not possible
to measure it ?!:-)

-- Mark Salyzyn @ mark%adec23@nexus.ca