|
Tantalum Capacitor Color Codes
|
| Charts |
Color |
Color |
1st Figure |
2nd Figure |
Multiplier |
Voltage
|
|
|
Black
|
|
0
|
1
|
10 |
|
|
Brown
|
1
|
1
|
10
|
|
|
|
Red
|
2
|
2
|
100
|
|
|
|
Orange
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
Parallel Capacitance Math:
CT
= C1 + C2
+ C3
Series Capacitance Math:
1/CT
= 1/C1 + 1/C2
+ 1/C3 |
|
Yellow
|
4
|
4
|
|
6.3 |
|
|
Green
|
5
|
5
|
|
16 |
|
|
Blue
|
6
|
6
|
|
20 |
|
|
Violet
|
7
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
Grey
|
8
|
8
|
0.01
|
25 |
|
|
White
|
9
|
9
|
0.1
|
3 |
|
|
Pink
|
|
|
|
35 |
|
Mica Capacitor Values
|
| Charts
|
Value
|
Multiplier
|
Letter
|
Tolerance |
|
0
|
1
|
B
|
� 0.1pF |
| 1
|
10
|
C
|
� 0.25pF |
| 2
|
100
|
D
|
� 0.5pF |
| 3
|
1,000
|
F
|
� 1% |
| 4
|
10,000
|
G
|
� 2% |
| 5
|
100,000
|
H
|
� 3% |
Parallel Capacitance Math:
CT
= C1 + C2
+ C3
Series Capacitance Math:
1/CT
= 1/C1 + 1/C2
+ 1/C3 |
|
|
J
|
� 5% |
| 8
|
0.01
|
K
|
� 10% |
| 9
|
0.1
|
M
|
� 20% |
Capacitor Code Guide
VALUE TYPE CODE VALUE TYPE CODE
1.5pF Ceramic 1,000pF / .001uF Ceramic / Mylar 102
3.3pF Ceramic 1,500pF / .0015uF Ceramic / Mylar 152
10pF Ceramic 2,000pF / .002uF Ceramic / Mylar 202
15pF Ceramic 2,200pF / .0022uF Ceramic / Mylar 222
20pF Ceramic 4,700pF / .0047uF Ceramic / Mylar 472
30pF Ceramic 5,000pF / .005uF Ceramic / Mylar 502
33pF Ceramic 5,600pF / .0056uF Ceramic / Mylar 562
47pF Ceramic 6,800pF / .0068uF Ceramic / Mylar 682
56pF Ceramic .01 Ceramic / Mylar 103
68pF Ceramic .015 Mylar
75pF Ceramic .02 Mylar 203
82pF Ceramic .022 Mylar 223
91pF Ceramic .033 Mylar 333
100pF Ceramic 101 .047 Mylar 473
120pF Ceramic 121 .05 Mylar 503
130pF Ceramic 131 .056 Mylar 563
150pF Ceramic 151 .068 Mylar 683
180pF Ceramic 181 .1 Mylar 104
220pF Ceramic 221 .2 Mylar 204
330pF Ceramic 331 .22 Mylar 224
470pF Ceramic 471 .33 Mylar 334
560pF Ceramic 561 .47 Mylar 474
680pF Ceramic 681 .56 Mylar 564
750pF Ceramic 751 1 Mylar 105
820pF Ceramic 821 2 Mylar 205
Usually the first two digits of the code represent part of the
value; the third digit corresponds to the number of zeros to be
added to the first two digits. This is the value in pf.
General Capacitance Codebreaker Charts
|
pico-farad
(pF) |
nano-farad
(nF) |
micro-farad
(mF,uF or mfd) |
capacitance
code |
| 1000 |
1 or 1n |
0.001 |
102 |
| 1500 |
1.5 or 1n5 |
0.0015 |
152 |
| 2200 |
2.2 or 2n2 |
0.0022 |
222 |
| 3300 |
3.3 or 3n3 |
0.0033 |
332 |
| 4700 |
4.7 or 4n7 |
0.0047 |
472 |
| 6800 |
6.8 or 6n8 |
0.0068 |
682 |
| 10000 |
10 or 10n |
0.01 |
103 |
| 15000 |
15 or 15n |
0.015 |
153 |
| 22000 |
22 or 22n |
0.022 |
223 |
| 33000 |
33 or 33n |
0.033 |
333 |
| 47000 |
47 or 47n |
0.047 |
473 |
| 68000 |
68 or 68n |
0.068 |
683 |
| 100000 |
100 or 100n |
0.1 |
104 |
| 150000 |
150 or 150n |
0.15 |
154 |
| 220000 |
220 or 220n |
0.22 |
224 |
| 330000 |
330 or 330n |
0.33 |
334 |
| 470000 |
470 or 470n |
0.47 |
474 |
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