Capacitor marking/value question - value labelled in K?

[chuckmoose]

I have a pile of blue film caps all labelled from .01K to .1K. Specifically they are marked like this:

MF
250V
.047K

I haven't seen the "K" designation before, what does that translate to in uf ? Are these useful or some giant value cap?

Thanks

[R.G.]

It doesn't translate to capacitance. It's a tolerance indicator, 10%.

[biggy boy]

That one is a .047 uf  or  a 47 nF or 47000 pF


Glen

[MannequinRaces]

Here is a great calculator for capacitor conversions:

http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/units-converter/electrostatic-capacitance/calculator/nanofarad-%5BnF%5D-to-microfarad-%5B&%23181%3BF%5D/

[chuckmoose]

thanks!

[jimosity]

Here's a nice cross-reference chart that I made up that I always use.

http://www.americanhc.us/diy/cc.htm

[chuckmoose]

Nice chart Jim, thanks!

[MannequinRaces]

Here's a nice cross-reference chart that I made up that I always use.

http://www.americanhc.us/diy/cc.htm

Pretty cool chart Jim!  Thanks for the link.