Re: capacitor calculations

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Original poster: "jesse hampton by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <zetoyoc-at-yahoo-dot-com>

Ok, that much makes sense. now what if I use those
three in series then add another identical series
string in paralel 6 caps total.  capacitence should
equal 100nf  but at what voltage?  (i hope that was
clear enough)

Thanks 
Jesse
--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> 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 
> >