Capacitance question

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rcullens

Joined Apr 26, 2008
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Ok so I somewhat understand capacitance. So what would would be the difference in a .8uF cap at 2100V and a bank of 120 uF cap at 2100v ??
 

crutschow

Joined Mar 14, 2008
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The stored energy of a capacitor is 1/2 CV\(^{2}\) (in Joules) where C is in Farads and V is in Volts, so the stored energy is proportional to both the capacitance and the square of the voltage.
 
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