Capacitor Codes
Capacitor codes
The notion for a capacitor is Farad (after Michael Faraday) often just an F and specifies the capacity of the capacitor. There are several types of capacitors and two main categories of:
Polarized capacitors:
Tantalim capacitor
(Aluminium) electrolytic capacitor
Non ploarized capacitor:
Ceramic capacitor
Film capacitors
Capacitor markings are normally:
1. Voltage
2. Capacity
3. Temperature
Capacity:
1 Milli Farad = 1/1.000 Farad (mF)
1 Micro Farad = 1/1.000.000 Farad (µF)
1 Nano Farad = 1/1.000.000.000 Farad (nF)
1 Pico Farad = 1/1.000.000.000.000 Farad (pF)
Capacity calculator:
http://www.electronics2000.co.uk/calc/capacitor-code-calculator.php
http://www.muzique.com/schem/caps.htm
http://www.csgnetwork.com/capcccalc.html
Wiki: http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farad