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What is the uF on a capacitor?

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Technically 'mfd' represents 'milliFarad' while 'uF' stands for 'microFarad' which is an order of magnitude smaller. Here is where the confusion begins. Some older capacitor manufacturers used 'mF' in place of uF on their capacitors.

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