Re: capacitor failing

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Original poster: "Godfrey Loudner by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ggreen-at-gwtc-dot-net>

Hello Laurence

Assume all that n caps have the same values of capacitance C and voltage V.

Series: C(total) = C/n and the voltage rating is nV.

Parallel: C(total) = nC and the voltage rating is V.

Godfrey Loudner

> in series...   300v -at- 33uf
> in parallel...  33v -at- 300uf
> 
> in series...   ctot = ((c1 + c2 + c3)/3)/3
>                vrat = c1v + c2v + c3v
> 
> in parallel...  ctot = c1 + c2 + c3
>                 vrat = ((c1v + c2v + c3v)/3) / 3
> where c1v = c1 voltage rating.
> 
> larry.