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 >> ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html