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µF nF pF

Method of Finding the value/Meaning of codes of capacitor

•  Ceramic disc capacitors have two to three-digit codes printed on them.

•  The first two numbers describe the value of the capacitor and the third number is the number of zeros in the multiplier.

•   When the first two numbers are multiplied with the multiplier, the resulting value is the value of the capacitor in picofarads.

•  If there is only two numbers,  it means there is no multiplier, Then you just read the value of the first two numbers in picofarads.

•  If any capacitor has 10 printed on it- Then its value is 10 PF

•  When Any capacitor has 104 printed- It has a multiplier of 4 (Third number of code ). 10 is multiplied by 10×10⁴ =10000.  Then its value is 10×10000= 100000PF

The last number is the power of 10 and multiply with the first two no.

If a capacitor has 682 code – first check the last no, here the last no is 2. Now  the multiplier is 10²

For example—

• 204 = 20×10⁴ = 200000 PF
• 472 = 47×10² = 4700 PF
• 502 = 50×10² = 5000 PF
• 330 = 33×10⁰ = 33 PF   [10⁰ = 1]

UNITS—

• 1000 nanofarad(nF) = 1 microfarad(µF)
• 1 picofarad = 10^-12farads.
• Nano= 10^-9
• Micro= 10^-6
• 1 Nano Farad= 10^-9 Farad
• 1 Microfarad (µF)= 10^-6 Farad

1 nF = 1000 pF
1 pF = 0.001 nF

Example: 

convert 15 nF to pF:
15 nF = 15 × 1000 pF = 15000 pF

You may also try – Capacitor Unit Converter Calculator