[sdiy] Capacitor Values

[Magnus Danielson]

From: Scott Gravenhorst <music.maker at gte.net>
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Capacitor Values
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 07:42:00

> Magnus Danielson <cfmd at swipnet.se> wrote:
> >For
> >electrolytic caps we also see these horrible 47000 uF things when it
> >really should say 47 mF.
> 
> Heh heh, and I've been around long enough to have used
> capacitors where 'm' stood for 'micro' not 'milli'...
> I remember capacitors marked with 'mfd' and 'mmfd'.

Indeed. Anyone now wondering why some thought it was a good idea to
have an international standard for it, should now have started to see
what a mess it used to be.

Cheers,
Magnus