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16th Jan 2017, 6:16 pm | #1 |
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Capacitors in series, should I get the same effect?
Hi,
(yes i know capacitors in serries fall in value) My question is, say for example i use x2 ceramic capacitors wired in serries, to achive say a capacitence of arround 150pF (it doesn't have to be an exact value) to give a battery record player a bit of bass, on the stylus input resistor, and the other side wired to ground, wich works well beacuse i've tried it, say i did this perhaps beacuse i hadn't got a single 150pF capacitor in the junk box, but made 150pF up out of x2 capacitors in serries. Would i get the same amount of umph? using the x2 capacitors in serries, to achive the 150pF capacitor value, as i would if i just used a single 150pF ceramic capaitor, on it's own as you normaly would do. I have experimented with this briefly, and seem to think, that using the two capacitors in serries to achive a given value, the sound seems to be a bit more shallow, as opposed to just using the one capacitor on it's own. But i can't tell if it's my imagination, tieredness, or mind over matter, so i just wondered, and was interested to see what others thought. thanks, paul. |
16th Jan 2017, 6:22 pm | #2 |
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Re: Capacitors in serries should i get the same effect?
2 300pF caps in series are the same as a single 150pF cap. 2 150pF caps in parallel are the same as a single 300pF cap. There is no difference.
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16th Jan 2017, 11:25 pm | #3 |
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Re: Capacitors in series, should I get the same effect?
Thank you paul, sorry for late reply, yes that's an easier way of putting it, do they work in the same way, i must be tierd, so obviously they do then.
Thank you, that's great paul Paul. |