Re: Capacitor - series?

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Original poster: dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com 


Uh . . . re-read my post.  It clearly states that each capacitor is 1uF.

Dan


 > The only way you would get 5KV across both caps at 10KV is if the two
 > cap values were equal and therefore their reactances equal at the
 > operating frequency.  If you have unequal capacitance values you cannot
 > simply divide the total voltage by the number of caps to see what
 > voltage they will see across them.
 >
 > Luke Galyan
 > Bluu-at-cox-dot-net



 > You have to be careful that the voltage will equally divide across the
 > capacitors.
 >
 > For example, if you have a 10kV, 1uF cap and a 1kV, 1uF cap, you
 > couldn't put them in series to get a 11kV, 0.5uF cap.
 > You would get about 5kV across each capacitor assuming ideal conditions.
 >
 > Dan