Re: [EE} nano Farads

If They were real historians they would have listed them in "puffs"  😀


Mark. K7ZGT
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Subject: Re: [EE} nano Farads

If Digi-Key was on the ball those caps would have been described as:

4700 uuF

:)

On Mon, Feb 9, 2026 at 9:23 AM David C Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
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> 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:
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> > RS and Farnell list 4700pF, 4.7nF and 0.0047μF.
> >
> > I think it's because manufacturers list them that way.
> >
> > Clint. M0UAW IO83
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> > On Mon, 9 Feb 2026, 14:57 David C Brown, <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Why are some distributors so reluctant to use the unit nanoFarad?
> > >
> > > I have recently sourced some 4,7nF capacitors and they are described by
> > > Digikey as being 4,700pF and by Nerwark as .0047uF
> > >
> > > I find it most confusing
> > >
> > >
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