Re: changing capacitance

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Original poster: "BunnyKiller by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <bigfoo39-at-telocity-dot-com>

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>Original poster: "master koola by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
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>I was wondering if you wired capacitors in sires would there be more 
>capacitance totaled for them all? Sorry about my ignorance in these things. 
>thanks for any help.
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Hi Christopher...

the value of the caps in series ( total value) will lower due to a 
division factor but the good part is that the overall voltage handling 
level increases in a multiplecation factor ( if all caps are the same 
value and size)


I have yet to find sufficient info ( formulas) on putting caps of 
various sizes and voltages in series and finding the overall rating .....

for example you have 4 caps rated at 10KV -at- .1uF  all put in series you 
end up with a "cap" with a value of  40KV -at- .025uF

if you put these same caps all in paralell ,the uF's all add up and the 
voltage handling capacity stays the same....    sooo  you end up with 
 10KV -at- .4uF worth of "cap".



Scot D