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Title: 47k63 cap - value?
Post by: Marcos - Munky on September 09, 2004, 11:16:28 AM
I need to know the value of a 47k63 cap, but in uF. I believe that the 63 means 63 volts, but what about the 47k? It is 0.047uF or what?
Title: 47k63 cap - value?
Post by: Fp-www.Tonepad.com on September 09, 2004, 11:22:14 AM
The "K" is the tolerance, that's +/-10%

so, that'd be a 63 volt, 45pF +/-10% cap.

Fp
Title: 47k63 cap - value?
Post by: Marcos - Munky on September 09, 2004, 11:56:33 AM
Value in pF? Looks too low. I have some caps here that used the k as a value indicator, not tolerance. I don't remember the values or how to read it right, but I believe that 47k means 0.047uF (47000pF).
Title: 47k63 cap - value?
Post by: Lonestarjohnny on September 09, 2004, 12:02:59 PM
222k = .022 uf,  47K = .0047 or 4n7
Johnny
Title: 47k63 cap - value?
Post by: Torchy on September 09, 2004, 01:05:21 PM
Marcos has it - the k is actually short for kpF, (meaning thousands of pico farads) the old way of marking caps.
Value is 47000pF (47nF, 0.047uF) at 63 volts.

Tolerance would be at the end of the value statement ie 47k63k I recall.
Title: 47k63 cap - value?
Post by: Marcos - Munky on September 09, 2004, 01:57:46 PM
Thanks a lot. I was needing this to update the Lovetone Brown Source schematic. In a few minutes, it will be online.