Having learned my electronics units many years ago and now getting back to it, I am puzzled over the unit of capacitance, the nF. I know uF and pF but nF is new to me. Could someone please explain nF to me? Any enlightenment will be appreciated. TIA Vic ________________________________________________________ Victor Fraenckel - The Windman victorf ATSIGN windreader DOTcom KC2GUI Home of the WindReader Electronic Theodolite Read the WIND "Dost thou not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed?" -Count Oxenstierna (ca 1620) to the young King Gustavus Adolphus "People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -George Orwell "When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in confederacy against him." -Jonathan Swift -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist