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I believe the practice starts with resistors, and because of differences in use of . and , and the fact they are hard to tell apart, the units are placed in ste
by chaosmatic 13y ago
I believe the practice starts with resistors, and because of differences in use of . and , and the fact they are hard to tell apart, the units are placed in stead of the .
ie 1,500 ohm -> 1k5 ohm
- Ives 13y agoExactly, which means 2k8 is actually 2800, and not 2008.
- javert 13y agoKnowing nothing about resistors, though, 2k8 intuitively means 2008. So I like this way of doing it.
- raggiskula 13y agoI look at the k as a algebric constant, i.e. SI prefix http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_prefix#List_of_prefixes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_prefix#List_of_prefixes so 2k8 is 2000 +8, 2k1da3 would be 2013
- mcosta 13y ago2k8=16000
- theorique 13y agoWouldn't that be 2.8k? The way people seem to reckon it is 2k8 = 2 * 1000 + 8 = 2008 On the other hand, if it were 2k8h then it would be 2800 (2 kilo, 8 hecto).
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- ksrm 13y agoSlightly different in that case, as Ives has pointed out. For example, 4k7 = 4.7 kilohms. Extra zeros are significant, e.g. 4k700 = 4.700 kilohms.