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Capacitor codes
How to read a value from a capacitor.
You can read the value from most capacitors. The only difficult to read capacitors are the very small ones because there is not much space on them to put a value. These small capacitors have 3 numbers on them and sometimes only two.
If there are only two numbers you will have to read the value as pf. For instance the number 33 printed on a capacitor means its 33 pf.
With 3 numbers this works different. The first number represents the tens, the second number the ones and the third number is the multiply factor.
See below for examples.
Third number
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Multiply with
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0
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1
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1
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10
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2
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100
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3
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1000
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4
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10 000
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5
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100 000
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6
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Not used
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7
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Not used
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8
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0,01
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9
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0,1
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For example: A capacitor with the number 102 printed on it means a 10 with two zeros. The value in this case is 1.000 pF or 0,001 µF also named 1 nf.
More examples below.
Indication
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Value
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10
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10 pF
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100
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100 pF
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101
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100 pF
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102
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1000 pF
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1 nF
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0,001 µF
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103
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10 000 pF
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10 nF
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0,01 µF
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104
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100 000 pF
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100 nF
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0,1 µF
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105
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1000 000 pF
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1000 nF
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1 µF
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Sometimes there is also a fourth indicator at the end of the 3 number code. For instance 102K means a 1.000 pf capacitor with a +/- 10 % tolerance.
Letter
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Tolerantie
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D
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+/- 0,5 pF
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F
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+/- 1 %
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G
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+/- 2 %
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H
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+/- 3 %
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J
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+/- 5 %
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K
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+/- 10 %
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M
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+/- 20 %
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P
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+ 100 %, - 0 %
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Z
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+ 80 %, - 20 %
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