10n capacitor

dr hydra

Does a 10n capacitor equal .1uf or .01uf?

Thank you

Dave Hein

It equals .01uf

Heater.

1u is 10e-6
1n is 10e-9

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-

localroger

Or more completely,

1 uF = 1000 nF
0.1 uF = 100 nF
0.01 uF = 10 nF
0.001 uF = 1 nF

erco

Or most completely :

1 uF = 1000 nF (I've never seen a 105 marking)
0.1 uF = 100 nF = 104
0.01 uF = 10 nF =103
0.001 uF = 1 nF =102



Gordon McComb has a helpful page on caps:

http://www.robotoid.com/appnotes/electronics-capacitor-markings.html

Cluso99

Or even more completely...

    1uF =     1 / 1,000,000 F = 1000nF = 1,000 / 1,000,000,000 F
  0.1uF =   0.1 / 1,000,000 F =  100nF =   100 / 1,000,000,000 F
 0.01uF =  0.01 / 1,000,000 F =   10nF =    10 / 1,000,000,000 F
0.001uF = 0.001 / 1,000,000 F =    1nF =     1 / 1,000,000,000 F = 1000pF = 1,000 / 1,000,000,000,000 F

u (micro) means divide by 1,000,000
n (nano) means divide by 1,000,000,000
p (pico) means divide by 1,000,000,000,000

localroger

OK we've gotten a little silly here.

The main thing is caps from 1 nF to 1000 nF, which in olden days (and still today in a lot of places) are called 0.001 uF to 1 uF. Smaller caps still tend to be called by picofarads, and larger ones by microfarads. And as erco points out, as with modern precision resistors, the markings on the cap tend to be two digits plus exponent, which is a useful thing to know when you get to build time.

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)

erco wrote:

I've never seen a 105 marking.

Feast your eyes, L.A. Boy:



-Phil

erco

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »

Feast your eyes, L.A. Boy:



-Phil

Well bust my cityboy buttons, that's one big ceramic cap.

Of course down here in LA, everyone knows that"105" is the freeway near LAX where Keanu jumped the bus in "Speed".

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_105_(California)

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localroger wrote: »

The main thing is caps from 1 nF to 1000 nF, which in olden days (and still today in a lot of places) are called 0.001 uF to 1 uF. Smaller caps still tend to be called by picofarads, and larger ones by microfarads.

Many a circuit I built back-in-the-day used μμF rather than pF. Why was everyone so put off by nano and pico? Reminds me of early Perry Mason shows - can't call ultraviolet ultraviolet. Have to call it black ray.