Capacitors in Combination
Series & Parallel Arrangements
Series
Parallel
2 Caps
3 Caps
$C_1$ (μF)
10.0
$C_2$ (μF)
20.0
$C_3$ (μF)
30.0
Total Capacitance ($C_T$)
6.67
μF
⊕ SHOW DERIVATIONS
Series
$V = V_1 + V_2 + \dots$
$\frac{Q}{C_T} = \frac{Q}{C_1} + \frac{Q}{C_2} + \dots$
$\frac{1}{C_T} = \sum \frac{1}{C_i}$
Parallel
$Q = Q_1 + Q_2 + \dots$
$C_T V = C_1 V + C_2 V + \dots$
$C_T = \sum C_i$