14.4. Capacitors in Series and in Parallel http://www.ck12.org
14.4 Capacitors in Series and in Parallel
Like resistors, combinations of capacitors in circuits can be combined into one ’effective’ capacitor. The rules for
combining them are reversed from resistors:
Cparallel=C 1 +C 2 +C 3 +... [5] Capacitors in parallel add like resistors in series
1
Cseries=
1
C 1
+
1
C 2
+
1
C 3
+... [6] Capacitors in series add like resistors in parallel