Quick capacitor question

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peck68

Joined Nov 27, 2009
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I know i do post a lot of questions recently :rolleyes:

Anyway, I know that capacitors in parallel will combine capacitance to discharge a bigger current - but is it the same for voltage?

Say I charge 2 100uF capacitors @ 9v - will the discharge be 200uF @ 18v or 9v?

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Basically, do the voltages combine also?
 

rjenkins

Joined Nov 6, 2005
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If connected in parallel you get the same voltage but higher capacity,
if connected in series the voltage adds but at half (assuming equal values) capacity.

eg. 2 x 1000uF at 10V in parallel = 2000uF 10V, in series = 500uF 20V.
 
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