Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Kidd6488-at-aol-dot-com> ok, now when you put, for example, 2 1000V 1000pf caps in series, you get 2000V, 2000pf right? or would it be 500pf? also, what is the symbol for capacitance? (like V, A...) thanx, Jonathon