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On Sun, Oct 06, 2019 at 07:49:03PM +0100, Jules Irenge wrote:

[mA vs. MA]

Table 5.  SI prefixes
Factor	Name 	Symbol
....
10^6	mega	M
....
10^-3	milli	m

Confusing one for another (especially for electrical units) can be...
spectacular.  FYI, 1mA is more or less what you get if you lick
the terminals of a 9V battery; 1MA is about 30 times the current
in typical lightning strike...