Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] capacitors in parallel

On Monday 21 July 2003 11:42, turbulatordude wrote:

> I'm looking for a larger capacatance, but to fit in a limited space.
> I'm trying to down size the enclosure for the pcb driller and was
> looking at using a couple caps.
>
> 5 caps, 20,000uF at 20 volts each. wired in parallel.
>
> Am I looking for trouble ? or should I go for a single 20kuF at 100
> volts although it is much larger?

If you hook them up in parallel, you'll have 100,000uF @ 20V. In series you'd
have 4,000uF @ 100V. If you want to use 4 caps in parallel to create 20,000uF
@ 100V, you'll need (4) 5,000uF @ 100V caps.

Matt