3,9k and 3k9 resistance - are the same?

[Pfrogs]

Hi,

this might seem a stupid question, but I need a 3,9k resistance but I can
only find at the on-line store a 3k9 resistance. Are they the same? I'm
asking this cause I also need a 4,7k resistance and the reference, at the
on-line store, is actually 4,7k.
If they are the same why do they sometimes use decimal notation and other
times use the ?k? notation?
Regards,

Pfrogs

 

[John Larkin]

On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 23:56:22 +0100, "Pfrogs" <Pfrogs@hotmail.com>
wrote:

Hi,

this might seem a stupid question, but I need a 3,9k resistance but I can
only find at the on-line store a 3k9 resistance. Are they the same? I'm
asking this cause I also need a 4,7k resistance and the reference, at the
on-line store, is actually 4,7k.
If they are the same why do they sometimes use decimal notation and other
times use the ?k? notation?
Regards,

Pfrogs

What you really want is a 3.9k resistor.

John

 

[John Popelish]

Pfrogs wrote:

Hi,

this might seem a stupid question, but I need a 3,9k resistance but I can
only find at the on-line store a 3k9 resistance. Are they the same? I'm
asking this cause I also need a 4,7k resistance and the reference, at the
on-line store, is actually 4,7k.
If they are the same why do they sometimes use decimal notation and other
times use the ?k? notation?
Regards,

Pfrogs

I don't have any idea why this place sometimes uses a decimal point
and sometimes not, but a 3k9 resistor is certainly a 3900 ohm
resistor. On schematics (that might get photocopied or scanned)
decimal points can get lost or ignored in the noise, so the k as
decimal point notation was adopted by many as a more reliable way to
graphically record a decimal point.

--
John Popelish

 

[Wong]

"Pfrogs" <Pfrogs@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<3f1f121d$0$3846$a729d347@news.telepac.pt>...

Hi,

this might seem a stupid question, but I need a 3,9k resistance but I can
only find at the on-line store a 3k9 resistance. Are they the same? I'm
asking this cause I also need a 4,7k resistance and the reference, at the
on-line store, is actually 4,7k.
If they are the same why do they sometimes use decimal notation and other
times use the ?k? notation?
Regards,

Pfrogs

Hi,
Easy for lazy peoples to speak ?
4.7K and 4K7 ??
^

 

[cpemma]

Wong wrote:

"Gerry Ashton" <ashtong@adelphia.invalid> wrote in message
news:<xhHTa.38355$8g6.745504@news1.news.adelphia.net>...
I've been an electronics engineer for two decades, and I've
never heard anyone say "four kay seven" instead of
"four point seven".

Gerry Ashton

To reply, change invalid to net in address.

"Wong" <tatto0_2000@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Hi,
Easy for lazy peoples to speak ?
4.7K and 4K7 ??
^

Hi,
Perhaps I am lazy and you are hardworking guy. But this "four kay
seven" is common 'somewhere'.

All over Europe. As an aside, I've just used some caps marked 222k.

Now that must be 2 - 2 - 2 zeroes - 3 zeroes. 2200000. Quite a mouthful for
a tiny cap.

It would be far clearer to mark them 2n2.

 

[John Popelish]

cpemma wrote:

All over Europe. As an aside, I've just used some caps marked 222k.

Now that must be 2 - 2 - 2 zeroes - 3 zeroes. 2200000. Quite a mouthful for
a tiny cap.

It would be far clearer to mark them 2n2.

The K means 10% tolerance. It is a 2n2 (2200 pf).

See:
http://www.twysted-pair.com/capidcds.htm

--
John Popelish

 

[Costas Vlachos]

"cpemma" <cpemma@mexbroREMOVE.co.uk> wrote in message
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Wong wrote:
"Gerry Ashton" <ashtong@adelphia.invalid> wrote in message
news:<xhHTa.38355$8g6.745504@news1.news.adelphia.net>...
I've been an electronics engineer for two decades, and I've
never heard anyone say "four kay seven" instead of
"four point seven".

Gerry Ashton

To reply, change invalid to net in address.

"Wong" <tatto0_2000@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:509bfe22.0307231719.2361872c@posting.google.com...
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.
.
Hi,
Easy for lazy peoples to speak ?
4.7K and 4K7 ??
^

Hi,
Perhaps I am lazy and you are hardworking guy. But this "four kay
seven" is common 'somewhere'.

All over Europe. As an aside, I've just used some caps marked 222k.

Now that must be 2 - 2 - 2 zeroes - 3 zeroes. 2200000. Quite a mouthful
for
a tiny cap.

It would be far clearer to mark them 2n2.

Are you sure the "k" means 3 zeros in this case? If so, wouldn't that make
it a 2.2uF? My guess is that it's simply a 222 cap (2n2) and the "k" has to
do with something else (type of dielectric perhaps?).

Costas

 

[Keith Wootten]

In message <xhHTa.38355$8g6.745504@news1.news.adelphia.net>, Gerry
Ashton <ashtong@adelphia.invalid> writes

I've been an electronics engineer for two decades, and I've
never heard anyone say "four kay seven" instead of
"four point seven".

Over a longer period, I'd say that 'four kay seven' was rather more

commonly heard than 'four point seven kay'. I'm in the yoo kay.

As well as the often made point about decimal points getting lost on
copies, there's also the issue with many Yerpeens (not in the UK) using
a comma as the decimal separator.

Cheers
--
Keith Wootten