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Thu, 08 May 2008 17:36   |
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 J-Ho
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well, its a capital "MF", not a mu or a "u," but the captial mu is an "M," so maybe, but i have found online a 10MF 10V cap, made by sony only, but no picture to accompany it ever. i'll try to get a picture up, but MF doesn't seem to be a totally uncommon unit of capacitance, so it might be a mythical creature after all...but if i'm wrong, convince me because i've never dealt with one like that before and i would like it to not exist...things would just be easier that way.
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| Re: Vintage Sony Reel to Reel, bad play head? [message #339887 is a reply to message #334757 ] |
Thu, 08 May 2008 18:03 |
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Jay Kadis
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MF is (or used to be) printed on some caps, but the M stood for the greek mu µ, meaning micro (one millionth). With the adoption of the metric system, M denotes mega or 10^6 (million), hence the fun.
There's a certain level of confusion in obtaining electronic parts. I almost think they cryptically label parts and use obscure color codes just to maintain an air of mystery, like a secret society.
-Jay
http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jay/
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