Is Mf The Same As Uf

[silvertonessuckbutigotone]

ok, I've been trying to buy some capacitors because i need capacitors that are .1uf, 22uf, etc. But I went ot small bear electronics to put them in my shopping cart, and all he has is mf. I've spent about an hour trying to find out the conversion rate between mf and uf. So, I've found two places on google that tell an abbreviation for microfarads. One says uf and the other says mf. ***? is it really the same, did I wawste all this time, or is one site wrong?

[Biohazard]

Probably, microfarads is what uf stands for. That is the universal standard for showing microfarads. But I guess mf is the same. Tell small bear to start using the standard and not confuse people.

[silvertonessuckbutigotone]

while im on the subject how many volts should a capacitor be rated? just the same as the power supply? more? less?

[erikbojerik]

Metric prefixes:

M=mega (1,000,000 X)

m=milli (0.001 X)

µ=micro (0.000001 X)

The "µ" is the Greek letter "mu" (pronounced "mew" like a cat) which is the symbol for micro. Lots of people just use "u" if they don't know how to type "µ".

No matter what symbol theyuse, you want micro.

[silvertonessuckbutigotone]

so 1uF is .001mF? and 1 mF is 100 uF?

Edited February 26, 2005 by silvertonessuckbutigotone

[Devon Headen]

Most of the time mf stands for micro. I'm not quite sure why, but from my experience it does. If it's about the size of other guitar caps, then it's probably microfarad. If it's much larger then it's possible it's millifarad.

[lovekraft]

http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...305entry97305

I'm too lazy to write it all out again.

[silvertonessuckbutigotone]

ok so mF and µF ARE the exsact same thing in most scenarios? Thanks for clearing that up.