I'm trying to read a capacito 2200uF on my multimeter. It keeps coming up 2,183 am I to assume that means 2 thousand 183? I expected it to be 2183.00? Thanks for the help.
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multimeters wont give the accuracy you expected, so yes - it's 2183uf -
If your multimeter says 2.183 mF (milli farad, 10^-3), then technically it's correct, just a different metric (SI) prefix
But sometimes capacitor manufacturers prefer to label it as 2200uF (micro farad, 10^-6) instead of 2.2mF, bigger number sells I guess
Another example: 100nF (nano farad, 10^-9) or 0.1uF cap, same thingComment
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I get it, makes sense thanks to the both of you, I really appreciate the help. Cheers!Comment
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Yeah you have to watch some meters, Uni-T ones often like displaying values in milli-farad when it could use micro-farad, just to be confusing."Tantalum for the brave, Solid Aluminium for the wise, Wet Electrolytic for the adventurous"
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