Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Calculating capacitance of non-polarized capacitors

Calculating non  polarized capacitor capacitance
To calculate the capacitance of a non polarized capacitor, locate the 3 digit code like on the picture on the left (locate the 3 numbers that are alongside each other).  The use the chart above to figure out the capacitance. The first and second number of the 3 digit code are the first 2 digits. The third number of the code shows multiplier which you would find in the chart, find the multiplier number and multiply the first 2 digits by the multiplier to get the capacitance. The capacitance calculated is in Pico-farads (pF). To convert the pf to another capacitance unit, use the chart below.