Boy was I confused! I just saw the topic was LEDs, glanced at Wayne's 
response ("50 mils"), and assumed he was referring to current consumption.

73
Dave KQ3T



On 1/3/2012 11:52 AM, DGB wrote:
> In my life-time career as a Toolmaker/Mfg Eng., a millionth or a mil was
> a thousandth (.001) divided by 10 or:
>
> .001/10  =  .0001  (what we called a mil or a tenth)
>
> I worked with those so called mils and sometimes even splitting them!
> I'm not clear what is meant by the term "50 mils".
>
> 73 Dwight NS9I
>
> On 1/3/2012 8:59 AM, darren McDonald wrote:
>> In th UK, once the home of imperial hi, 0.001 of an inch is refered to as a 
>> thou (pronounced thowe) meaning thousanth of an inch
>> The 50 mil had me scratching my head? (5cm)
>> Regards Darren g0ott                                         
>>

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