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Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Capacitors

Posted by Jon Elson
on 2002-03-17 22:05:35 UTC
Gene wrote:

> How come some capacitors are measured in uF units and some are mfd
> units?

You must have an old junkbox! mfd is an obsolete designation that was
phased out at the end of WW II. Europeans use all the metric ranges,
so they have uF, nF and pF. You will find old stuff that has uuF instead
of pF, too.

Jon

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