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103 = 10 * 10^3 picofarads = 0.01 microfarads
104 = 10 * 10^4 picofarads = 0.1 microfarads
105 = 10 * 10^5 picofarads = 1.0 microfarads
474 = 47 * 10^4 picofarads = 0.47 microfarads
desperadogear said:Reading Capacitor Codes
But I have a bag of assorted capacitors from circuit city in which most of the small (in physical size) caps have just one or two numbers, ie; '1' or '10' with an underline and nothing more. What's that all about?
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