Re: capacitor calculations

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi Jesse,

The voltages add.  So if you put three 150nF 2000V caps in series you get
1/3 the capacitance and three times the voltage or 50nF 6000V.  See the
chart at:

http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/MMCcapSales.gif

Cheers,

	Terry

At 04:40 PM 1/8/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>Hello, Quick question
>I am at a point where I need to start thinking about
>building a capacitor.  I have decided to go with the
>MMC.  Now I understand the adding and dividing of
>capacitance depending on how they are wired together,
>but how do the voltages work to get the desired high
>voltage value?  Does voltage also change depending on
>wiring characteristics or is it something else?
>
>Thank You 
>
>Jesse Hampton 
>
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