On Friday, May 25, 2012 7:28:06 PM UTC-7, Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote:
I've got an axial lead polarized cap with the following markings:

1K
50V

Its about 0.1 in diam x 0.3 in long

Now, I've seen 1K as a picofarad value, which would make this a 1nF cap. But
this thing is big compared to other caps of this rating. A .001uF 1KV
ceramic is much smaller. And this doesn't make sense in the circuit its in.