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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Car Audio / February 2006Can I wire/combine two caps together??
I have a 1 farad cap and I just bought a 3 farad cap. I was thinking that 4 farads is better than 3 for my system, but has anybody wired two caps together, if so, series, + to + and - to - ??? Thanks. > I have a 1 farad cap and I just bought a 3 farad cap. I was thinking > that 4 farads is better than 3 for my system, but has anybody wired > two caps together, if so, series, + to + and - to - ??? Thanks. Parallel to sum capacitance. Series would result in less. yes but you might have trouble hearing your stereo until after the explosion.LOLL..... LOLL=laugh out loud loser! or until you get it fixxed...loll Yes, I use multiple caps and you just connect them in parallel. If you are using the large electrolytic variety (looks like a huge "D" battery) they make buss-bars that enable you to tie two, three and even four caps together in a row. MOSFET >I have a 1 farad cap and I just bought a 3 farad cap. I was thinking that 4 >farads is better than 3 for my system, but has anybody wired two caps >together, if so, series, + to + and - to - ??? Thanks. > Yes, I use multiple caps and you just connect them in parallel. If you are > using the large electrolytic variety (looks like a huge "D" battery) they > make buss-bars that enable you to tie two, three and even four caps together > in a row. > > MOSFET Yes you can. But keep in mind that your ESR goes up as well... Les > Yes you can. But keep in mind that your ESR goes up as well... > > Les That's funny, I had always heard the OPPOSITE (from people I REALLY trust in the industry), that it was better to use multiple smaller caps for PRECISELY that reason (oh no, here we go again!). Perhaps someone else could chime in on this, I would really like to know. MOSFET > > Yes you can. But keep in mind that your ESR goes up as well... > > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > that reason (oh no, here we go again!). Perhaps someone else could chime in > on this, I would really like to know. Ah yes, you're correct. Connected capacitors in parallel will lower the ESR slightly, and connected them in series will increase. Thanks for catching that. Les. |
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