Re: [EE} nano Farads

I ordered some 4700pF polyester capacitors from OneCall and what arrived
were labeled .0047uF.  And I put them in the drawer labeled 4n7
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On Mon, 9 Feb 2026 at 15:16, Clint Jay <[email protected]> wrote:

> RS and Farnell list 4700pF, 4.7nF and 0.0047μF.
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> I think it's because manufacturers list them that way.
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> Clint. M0UAW IO83
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> On Mon, 9 Feb 2026, 14:57 David C Brown, <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > Why are some distributors so reluctant to use the unit nanoFarad?
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> > I have recently sourced some 4,7nF capacitors and they are described by
> > Digikey as being 4,700pF and by Nerwark as .0047uF
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> > I find it most confusing
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