Capacitors (5 of 11) in Combination, Parallel and Series Capacitors

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Our class is gonna start on capacitance in series and parallel monday. This was very helpful and you explained it well. Because of just finishing series, parallel, and series-parallel, I was able to follow along with ya . I feel like I may have the jump on everyone come monday. Thanks for making this viddy.

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Very good and useful video. Just a heads up that for Question 5 you used C as a measure of capacitance instead of F. Other than that very useful video

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[@anantknaishadham]

the totatl capacitance when calculated has uF in the denominator and not in the numerator in the two step process.

[@lewisjarvis4201]

Really helpful thanks, working out the energy stored in each capacitor seem pretty simple. Am I right in think that working out the total energy in the circuit will be achieved by adding the total energy of each capacitor together?

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daeser1 Yes that is what I did, Charge(total) = Capacitance(total) x Voltage(total)…as I said before for me the total capacitance and the equivalent capacitance refer to the same thing. Q = C x V….Am I answering your question?

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[@placecamping]

What is the charged of each capasitor ? for example Q2=C2*V2=¤mikroFarady or(MikroC) *3.75v=15.00MikroC .Dont you think you should change the sign of capasitor to Mikro F? otherwise it was best video ! Thank you for sharing your knowlage with us .

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[@samimr9o]

Very helpful video. I have a question. Let's say you are given the CT and you don't have C2 but you do have C3. How do you get the C2?

[@pinkybananas1]

3.74 corresponds to the total voltage between C1 and C2, right? so their individual voltages are 3.74/2?

[@stepbystepscience]

No! But this is a common mistake. Please remember that the voltage drop across parallel circuit is "always" equal. So the voltage drop across each of the capacitors is 3.73 V. You can see a listing of all my videos at www.stepbystepscience.com

[@RobinSingh-tf3cm]

thank you very much very easy to follow you, but how would you calculate the total energy in this circuit?

[@RobinSingh-tf3cm]

should i calculate the energy in parallel and add the energy in C3?

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calculate the energy stored in each capacitor, I think

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[@snandala]

How can the charge Q3 equal the total charge? That would mean all the charge in the circuit is on capacitor 3 and no charge is on the first two...

[@stepbystepscience]

This is a little hard to convey in a comment but.....yes the charge on each series capacitors is the same. Imagine a certain amount of charge comes out of the battery, this is deposited on the first capacitor and pushes the same amount of charge on to the second capacitor and on down the line.....I also made a video explaining this concept...Charge for Capacitors in Series

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brian i have a doubt what ll be the amps in this circuit ?

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Can you explain why in no. 5 why charge of Q3 is 26.3 micro coulomb?

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i think you meant uF instead of uC for Capacitance in some of the calculations! Otherwise great :)

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Arent you gonna convert uc to c?

[@minika464]

I have a silly question: is the potential difference for each capacitor the same as a voltage across each capacitor? I mean those both mean the same?

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Yes, they are the same thing, and no that is not a silly question. The terminology can be very confusing. Probably "potential difference" is the better term but since it is measure in volts it is often referred to a the "voltage".

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[@26bishoujo]

sir how would i solve for the maximum voltage that can be applied in a series circuit if each capacitor's value has voltage rating,? example : c1= .002 uF, volatge rating= 120V c2= .002 uF, voltage rating= 26V c3= .002 uF, volatge rating= 120V.. i solved for the total capacitance and i got .00067uF. but i dont know how will i solve for the voltage, will i just add it? thank u.

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In triangle form how to do

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Can someone explain why my tutor was adding ' X10 to the power of minus 6' to find the charge?

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He is converting uc to c.

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Micro coloumb to coloumb.

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[@daeser1]

Qtotal is not the same as the Qeq.

[@stepbystepscience]

Are you telling me or asking me…The sum of the charge stored on all of the capacitors is referred to as Qtotal. Equivalent is usually used when talking about the all or some of the capacitors in the circuit, usually people say the "equivalent capacitance of the circuit is….." but sometimes I say the "total capacitance". For me the total capacitance and the equivalent capacitance are the something.

[@daeser1]

Oh, maybe I misinterpreted it. I thought that you used Qtotal=(Ceq)(v) to find Qtotal (the sum of all charges stored in all capacitors).

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total is misspelled

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