"Wes." bravely wrote to "All" (29 Dec 04 17:19:48)
--- on the heady topic of " Capacitor Value?"

We From: "Wes."
We Xref: aeinews sci.electronics.repair:5120

We "Tom" wrote in message
We ...
I have some ceramic disc capacitors with 104 Z on them (the 104 is
underlined), and they are about 7/16" diameter. Can someone please tell me
the value so I can buy replacements?

Thank you,
--
Tom

"That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest."
-Henry Thoreau

We 104 = 1 0 0000 (4 zeros) or 100,000pF
We Value in nF= 100,000 / 1,000 = 100nF
We Value in uF = 100,000 / 1,000,000 = 0.1uF

We Z would be tolerance but my table doesn't cover that letter only up to
We K (+/-10%)

We Wes.


Tolerance is given by letter codes:
F = +/- 1%
G = 2%
H = 3%
J = 5%
K = 10%
M = 20%
Z = +80, -20%

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