w d myrick wrote:

> Danny,  Sixty years ago mF was always micro microfarads. I think that all
> usage today comes from that.  This  I think came about like conventional
> current flow, a guess as to what to use and was wrong.  when you use it
> for 40 to 50 years it is hard to change.  

That's true, and exactly my point: the longer it takes, the harder it gets.

There's been a pretty good standard in use for about 50 years, adopted by
the US in the seventies -- that's 30 years now. It was less hard to change
back then... :)

Gerhard

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