Electrical Units Notation

Electrical units follow the notation of other scientific units.  The unit name is never capitalized, even if it is named after a person.  However, the abbreviation IS capitalized IF it is named after a person. 

I may refer to a coulomb in lower case.  However, when I am abbreviating the unit, I should use upper case, if I use the abbreviation for a coulomb (C).

I may write something like this:

The charge on the capacitor was 1.6 C.

OR

The charge on the capacitor was 1.6 coulombs.

Both are correct.

So is this:

The coulomb was named after Coulomb and its unit symbol is C.

Most electrical units are named after people:

Unit	Abbreviation	Named After
coulomb	C	Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
volt	V	Allesandro Volta
ampere	A	André-Marie Ampère
ohm	Ω	Georg Ohm
farad	F	Michael Faraday
watt	W	James Watt
joule	J	James Prescott Joule
seimens	S	Ernst Werner von Seimens
hertz	Hz	Heinrich Hertz
tesla	T	Nikola Tesla
weber	Wb	Wilhelm Eduard Weber
henry	H	Joseph Henry
maxwell	Mx	James Clerk Maxwell
gauss	G or Gs	Carl Friedrich Gauss
meter	m	NO ONE
second	s	NO ONE
newton	N	Isaac Newton