> But if he had used either 470E9 pF or 470M3 F then confusion could indded be > reduced, once one becomes used to the convention (and gets the number of 0's > correct :-)) > [[ In case it's not obvious Exxx = 10^xxx and Mxxxx = 10^-xxx]] Funny, the only time we got the wrong parts on were when HIS schematics were used..