Re: newbie question about 100u or 100uf?

Posted by Beaker on Apr 24, 2015; 11:25am
URL: http://guitar-fx-layouts.238.s1.nabble.com/newbie-question-about-100u-or-100uf-tp19643p19808.html

Lucas, you are correct, and it is confusing until you get your head around it.

I suggest you use a chart like this:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qx4nyT_9NoM/VISIMj0LuoI/AAAAAAAAAyM/fjrHehm9g5c/s1600/Capacitor_Letter_Codes_Table.png

Print it out, laminate it if you can, and stick it to the wall behind your work bench. It will save you loads of head scratching!

Using this chart, you can also work backwards - find the caps value from the code number printed on it, which is a very useful feature.

I hope this helps.