more fun with caps:

how about, 1000k, no other markings

sheesh.  im going by weight from now on, teeny tiny are pfs,
etc.

alice


> Rich Ottosen wrote:
> ....
> >> ceramic caps:
> >> 471 = 470 pF
> >> 101 = 100 pF
> >> 10 = 10 pF
> >> 2.2 = 2.2 pF
> >> 150 = ???? [guess]
> >> 220 = ???? [guess]
> >
> >Dan-- you cheated us. If the caps have a tolerance on them then they are
> >in picofarads if not then you use the last digit as a power of 10. (or
> >maybe the other way around ???).
> >
>
> [What ??? - I sure wouldn't want to cheat "you"].
>
> Ok, the 150 and 220 also say 10%, the 471 and 101 have nothing
> else on the caps, except a "bar" under the #'s.
>
> So, now I have to remember all these @#$!!@$^%(^& exceptions !!!
> ================
>
>
> >I think that capacitor manufacturers are from the dark ages. Remember
> >the old caps with 6 colored dots or the ones with dots on the body with
> >no obvious end to read from? They _never_ seem to mark caps in a
> >consistent way even now.
>
> No dots on my caps - I'm much too young to have ever encountered
> any of those.
> ===============
>
>
> >For instance:
> >  Some small value caps are in picofarads using digits and number of
> >zeros.
> >  Some small caps are in picofarads only.
> >  Electrolytic caps are marked on the negative side.
> >  Tantalum caps are marked on the positive side.
> >  Surface mount caps are not marked at all.
> >
> >  I am _sure_ there are other cap marking problems that I can't remember
> >right now.
> >
>
> Spock is turning over in his grave about now.
>
> - danM
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