On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 16:46 -0500, David VanHorn wrote:
> > > 0.1F even easier, and avoids uncommon usage.
> >
> > Easier yes, but more prone to error IMHO. It's very easy to see 0.1F as
> > a "typo" of 0.1uF. OTOH 100mF is also prone to the "typo factor", so I
> > don't really see it as much better.
> 
> 
> Nobody really uses millifarads though.

True, but then, it is metric, and I'm pretty sure most people who aren't
in north america would have zero problem with it.

In North America it MAY confuse some, but SO MUCH of electrical "stuff"
is metric I really don't believe it would be confusing to almost anybody
in the industry.

> And you can use a common sense filter, 0.1uF as the filter cap for a 40A
> supply at 120 Hz?  :)

In this case, yes. But not in all cases. Plus, that assumes the person
is LOOKING at a schematic, that is not always the case.

> How about something like: 100 000uF? I thought about 100,000uF,
> > unfortunately in many parts of the world the ',' character means the
> > same as we use the '.' character! :)
> 
> 
> One fellow I worked with insisted on specifying all caps in picofarads to
> avoid this.. So that nice memory super cap is :
> 4700000000000pF

Wow, that must have been... fun... :)

TTYL


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