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Posted: 7/10/2014 9:21:32 PM EDT




rewiring a guitar, so basically





I need a .047 capacitor, does that equal 47uf ?


learnt this stuff 20 years ago in tech school, have not used it since , any help or point in the right direction is greatly appreciated.  


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rewiring a guitar, so basically



I need a .047 capacitor, does that equal 47uf ?

learnt this stuff 20 years ago in tech school, have not used it since , any help or point in the right direction is greatly appreciated.  

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Most likely that is supposed to be a 0.047 uF capacitor (meaning a 47 nF one - 47 nanofarads).


Link Posted: 7/11/2014 1:16:45 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/18/2014 6:11:38 PM EDT
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This Seymour Duncan article agrees with targetworks' assessment. 0.047 microfarads, or 47 nanofarads. The article is also useful for refreshing your memory about low pass filters, and how your tone potentiometer is just part of a low-pass filter with variable resistance. In a low-pass filter, you need a cap, but both the value of the cap and of the resistance change your roll-off frequency.
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Probably small enough to get a ceramic at that point.
Try DigiKey
Link Posted: 11/1/2014 6:23:47 PM EDT
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Probably small enough to get a ceramic at that point.
Try DigiKey
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This Seymour Duncan article agrees with targetworks' assessment. 0.047 microfarads, or 47 nanofarads. The article is also useful for refreshing your memory about low pass filters, and how your tone potentiometer is just part of a low-pass filter with variable resistance. In a low-pass filter, you need a cap, but both the value of the cap and of the resistance change your roll-off frequency.


Probably small enough to get a ceramic at that point.
Try DigiKey

note: for audio frequency applications (such as a crossover or DC block) a polypropylene- or polyester-film capacitor will provide the best performance and reliability.

for more on what "best" means, and why, you will need to do some reading, such as...
http://www.reliablecapacitors.com/pickcap.htm

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1 Farad = 1 x 10^3 milli F (mF)  = 1 x 10^6 micro F (uF) = 1 x 10^9 nano F (nF)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix

0.047uF = 47nF

"generally" if you see a capacitor value designated with a decimal point, it's value is in uF.  

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there are also capacitors specified in "pF" (picoFarads, or "puffs", = 10^-12 F) but these are predominantly used in radio frequency (RF) applications, not audio frequency applications.

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another way you may see capacitors marked is with the exponent concatenated to the mantissa as follows:

"473" = 47000pF = 47nF =0.047uF

you read this as 47 x 10^-3 = 0.047uF ///or/// 47 x 10^3 pF

ar-jedi

Link Posted: 11/1/2014 8:01:29 PM EDT
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note: for audio frequency applications (such as a crossover or DC block) a polypropylene- or polyester-film capacitor will provide the best performance and reliability.
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Ceramic is even better, and is easily available in these type of values now.
Film caps have their own set of problems and ceramic is preferred if available.
They have been available in these values (with good voltage ratings) at very reasonable cost for a while now.
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