Why is the farad is an inconveniently large unit of capacitance.?

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One coulomb in terms of charge is an extremely huge amount of charge as it is produced by 6.25 x $10^{18}$ electrons.
Thus a capacitance of 1 farad due to a 1-coulomb charge is also a very large value.

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Why is the farad is an inconveniently large unit of capacitance.?

One coulomb in terms of charge is an extremely huge amount of charge as it is produced by 6.25 x 1018 electrons. Thus a capacitance of 1 farad due to a 1-coulomb charge is also a very large value.

One coulomb in terms of charge is an extremely huge amount of charge as it is produced by 6.25 x $10^{18}$ electrons.
Thus a capacitance of 1 farad due to a 1-coulomb charge is also a very large value.