reading #'s orange caps, how to tell value?

[bluesking55]

Had 3 for quite awhile
ex. # look like this
715p 400v
473J 0410

[HipKitty]

I see two that's easy to identify....
715/400v = 715 picofirad rated 400 volts
473J = 0.047 mfd
0410... I don't recognize that one... you might just have to take a measurement if no one else here can help.

[mike80]

http://ampex.hughescatalog.com/electronics/Orange%20Drop%20Chart.pdf

[bluesking55]

thanks guys
those #'s came off of 1 cap

[mark norwine]

I see two that's easy to identify....
715/400v = 715 picofirad rated 400 volts
473J = 0.047 mfd
0410... I don't recognize that one... you might just have to take a measurement if no one else here can help.

Hang on.....

715P does **NOT** mean 715 pF. The designation 715P is the model / type designation.

473 means .047uF It's "47" and "3 decimal places". The J is the tolerance (5%).

[ask yourself: how could a cap be both .047uF AND 715pF?]

0410 is the date code.....it was made in the 10th week of 2004

Mike's chart explains it all...

[HipKitty]

Hang on.....

715P does **NOT** mean 715 pF. The designation 715P is the model / type designation.

473 means .047uF It's "47" and "3 decimal places". The J is the tolerance (5%).

[ask yourself: how could a cap be both .047uF AND 715pF?]

0410 is the date code.....it was made in the 10th week of 2004

Mike's chart explains it all...

I thought he was looking at three different caps and thought that the 715 was pf and didn't look at any chart...just from the spiderwebs of my memory, so I'll just ask myself "why didn't I just let Mark answer since he's got a chart?" FWIW, I measure out all my caps and seperate into tolerence's for buildouts even though I order them in bunches and they fall into a cetain tolerence...this is why I don't use a chart, but have been known to fallback on good ol' memory...even if it's faulty....

[Boris Bubbanov]

http://www.radiodaze.com/capacitor_ID.htm