silvertonessuckbutigotone Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biohazard Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvertonessuckbutigotone Posted February 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 while im on the subject how many volts should a capacitor be rated? just the same as the power supply? more? less? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvertonessuckbutigotone Posted February 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 (edited) so 1uF is .001mF? and 1 mF is 100 uF? Edited February 26, 2005 by silvertonessuckbutigotone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Headen Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...305entry97305 I'm too lazy to write it all out again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvertonessuckbutigotone Posted February 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 ok so mF and µF ARE the exsact same thing in most scenarios? Thanks for clearing that up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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