[sdiy] ens 76 eg 1...

[harry]

Hi Grant and Hej Magnus....

I agree with Grant.  I like the european style 1u2 (1.2uF) or 1n5 (1.5nF)...
but I can't deal direct in nF. I need to convert to micro or pico first and
say...
OH its a .01 (uF)

and mf will NEVER be "millifarad" in my book... though I prefer uF

H^) harry

Grant Richter wrote:

> Magnus,
>
> Nanofarad is too new for me to deal with. It hasn't seemed to catch on with
> any engineers I know either. People seem to think a nano sounds smaller than
> a pico (Spanish influence?)
>
> In early radio work (the spark coil hams that took me under wing as a teen)
> everything was spec'ed from uF or pF. I still can not break the habit.
>
> Who needs a new name for messily 10^3 change ;^?
>
> >
> > Grant,
> >
> >> The Electronotes circuit assumes the trigger pulse is high for only 50 uS.
> >> You need to put a 0.001 uF (1000 pF) cap in series with the trigger input.
> >
> > You do this just to anoy me, right? ;O)
> >
> > That's 1 nF....
> >

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