what does farad mean on a capacitor?

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what does farad mean on a capacitor?

2007-01-15 18:27:51 · 2 answers · asked by treplay2000 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Audio

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See:

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

The farad (symbol: F) is the SI unit of capacitance.

A capacitor has a value of one farad when one coulomb of stored charge causes a potential difference of one volt across its terminals.

It is named after Michael Faraday.

2007-01-15 18:32:34 · answer #1 · answered by Ghost 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

it's a unit of measurement for capacitance, although most are measured in microfarads. sorry i don't do numbers anymore.

2007-01-15 18:38:39 · answer #2 · answered by geezer 51 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋