Capacitance Converter

This capacitance converter features 21 units of electrical capacitance, enabling arbitrary conversion between different units. All capacitance values are converted in real time and displayed with up to 20 decimal places, ensuring sufficient accuracy.

Two Steps to Your Result

Our capacitance converter offers several input fields, each displaying the current unit symbol (for example, F, mF, µF or nF). To change a unit, simply click on the unit symbol and select your preferred measurement from the dropdown menu.

Once you have selected the desired units in the capacitance converter, simply enter the value you want to convert. You can input numbers into any of the available fields. As soon as you enter a value in one field, all other fields will automatically update and display the converted results. Both the entered value and the calculated results are automatically rounded to the predefined number of decimal places.

At the bottom of the capacitance converter, you will find two green buttons. The button on the right resets the converter to its default state. This restores all units, values, and decimal settings to their original configuration. The button on the left clears the current inputs by setting all values to zero, while keeping your selected units and decimal settings unchanged.

Conversion table for capacitance units

Electrical capacitance is always specified with a value and the corresponding unit. A conversion table can be used to determine the value of the known capacitance in a different unit. For example: How many microfarads [µF] are in 1 farad [F]?. In most cases, a conversion table is used to determine the calculation method or conversion value for converting one unit of electrical capacitance into another. However, the tables are rather confusing and very difficult for inexperienced users to understand.

The following tool is available as a solution to this problem, allowing calculation methods and conversion values to be queried directly from the conversion table. The conversion table comprises a total of 21 internationally common units of electrical capacity.

Converting capacity units in everyday life

There are many units of electrical capacity that are rarely used in everyday life. These include, for example, hectofarad [hF], decifarad [dF] and statfarad [statF]. It is also rather unlikely that conversions will be made between a very small capacity unit and a petafarad [PF]. For this reason, it is not necessary to know all conversion values by heart. However, there are capacitance units that are used very frequently in everyday life. Examples include the farad [F], kilofarad [kF], and microfarad [µF]. For these capacitance units, it can be very helpful to know the calculation method and the conversion value by heart.

Convert farad and nanofarad

In electrical engineering, capacitor values are often significantly smaller than one farad. As a result, capacitance values are frequently expressed using SI prefixes. The prefix "nano" is based on a power of ten with a value of 10⁹. This value can be used to convert between farads [F] and nanofarads [nF]. The value in farads [F] multiplied by 10⁹ gives the value in nanofarads [nF]. Dividing the value in nanofarads [nF] by 10⁹ gives the value in farads [F].

• Nanofarad [nF] = farad [F] * 10⁹
• Farad [F] = nanofarad [nF] ÷ 10⁹

Converting farads and microfarads

The capacity of capacitors is often specified in microfarads [µF]. The prefix "micro" corresponds to a value of 10⁶, which also serves as the conversion value between farads [F] and microfarads [µF]. The value in farads [F] multiplied by 10⁶ gives the value in microfarads [µF]. Dividing the value in microfarads [µF] by 10⁶ gives the value in farads [F].

• Microfarad [µF] = farad[F] * 10⁶
• Farad [F] = microfarad[µF] ÷ 10⁶

Converting farads and millifarads

Converting between farads [F] and millifarads [mF] is very simple. A conversion value of 1,000 is used for the calculation. The value in farads [F] multiplied by 1,000 gives the value in millifarads [mF]. Dividing the value in millifarads [mF] by 1,000 gives the value in farads [F].

• Millifarad [mF] = farad [F] * 1,000
• Farad [F] = millifarad [mF] ÷ 1,000

Converting farads and kilofarads

Farads [F] and kilofarads [kF] belong to the metric system of units, which makes conversion very easy. A conversion value of 1,000 is used for the calculation. The value in kilofarads [kF] multiplied by 1,000 gives the value in farads [F]. Dividing the value in farads [F] by 1,000 gives the value in kilofarads [kF].

• Farad [F] = kilofarad [kF] * 1,000
• Kilofarad [kF] = farad [F] ÷ 1,000

Convert farad and megafarad

The prefix "mega" comes from the decimal system and is based on a power of ten with a value of 10⁶. This value can be used to convert between farad [F] and megafarad [MF] The value in megafarads [MF] multiplied by 10⁶ gives the value in farads [F]. Dividing the value in farads [F] by 10⁶ gives the value in megafarads [MF].

• Farad [F] = megafarad [MF] * 10⁶
• Megafarad [MF] = farad [F] ÷ 10⁶

Converting megafarads and kilofarads

While the prefix "mega" corresponds to a value of 10⁶, "kilo" stands for a value of 10³. A megafarad [MF] is therefore a thousand times greater than a kilofarad [kF], which is also the conversion factor. The value in megafarads [MF] multiplied by 1,000 gives the value in kilofarads [kF]. Dividing the value in kilofarads [kF] by 1,000 gives the value in megafarads [MF].

• Kilofarad [kF] = Megafarad [MF] * 1,000
• Megafarad [MF] = Kilofarad [kF] ÷ 1,000