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Two capacitors of 2µF are connected in parallel A 1 µF capacitor is added in series What is the combined capacitance?
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∙ 13y ago
For capacitors connected in parallel the total capacitance is the sum of all the individual capacitances. The total capacitance of the circuit may by calculated using the formula:
where all capacitances are in the same units.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoYou can obtain the combined capacitance by adding the capacitors conected in parallel and the multiplying that result by the capacitor connected in series. Then you divide the result by the sum of both( the capacitor in parallel and the capacitors in series)
CT = ( C1 X C2) / (C1 + C2)
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∙ 12y agosimply add capacitance in parallel as 2+4+8= 14 micro farads
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