>> I'm home from work building my modules today. I'm halfway through the 800
EG
>> and I'm stuck on the "yellow box caps." The manual says they should be
>> marked "102" & "104" but mine are "1n0 J 63∗" and "10n J 63∗"
>
> I'm not Paul, but here is how these codes work:
>
> 102 = 10 x 10^2 x 10^-12 = 1000 picofarads = 0.001 microfarads
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> 104 = 10 x 10^4 x 10^-12 = 100,000 picofarads = 0.1 microfarads
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> 1n0 = 1.0 "nanofarads" = 1 x 10^-9, = 1000 x 10^-12 = 0.001 microfarads
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> 10n = 10 nanofarads = 10 x 10^-9 = 0.01 microfarads
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> 100n = 100 nanofarads = 100 x 10^-9 = 0.1 microfarads
>
In addition, the J means 5% tolerance and the 63 means 63VDC rated.
Crow is right, 1n = .001uf, 10n = 0.01uf, 100n = 0.1uf.
The nf is strictly a European thing.
Paul S.
remembers mmf (pre-picofarad)