SERIES AND PARALLEL CAPACITORS Arizona State UniversityEET 113Experiment 18.

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SERIES AND PARALLEL CAPACITORS OBJECTIVES 1. To show experimentally that the total capacitance of series-connected capacitors is found from the reciprocal formula. 1 1 1 1 CT C1 C2 C3 2. To sho... w experimentally that the total capacitance of parallel-connected capacitors is the sum of the capacitances. CT = C1 + C2 + C3 DISCUSSION Capacitors in Parallel Since voltage is constant in a parallel circuit, all A , , capacitors will have the same voltage, E. z '2! C Q 1— . . - X C1 , Qr' E C 1 Q 2 Q2 C3 Q3 - T _ - 7 From KCL IT =1 + '2 +13 = Q1 + + c QI ±Q2±Q3QI Q2Q3 E E E £ C1 = C1 + C2 + C3 Capacitors in parallel are added directly [Show More]

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