[geeks] Capacitance question.

[Ken Hansen]

I think two caps in sequence (series) would still
equal 100pf - as soon as the first "shot it's load" it
would overwhelm the second cap and pass it right
through...

I think parallel is what you would want...

Ken
(Doesn't your DMM have a capacitance setting?)

--- Geoff Reed <geoffr at zipcon.net> wrote:
> If I have 2 100pf caps and need to have a 200pf
> capacitance  am I correct 
> that the following would work i'm VERY rusty on
> capacitance.
> 
> 	  |---100pf---|
>          --<               >--
> 	  |---100pf---|
> 
> (2 caps connected in parallel in the circuit)
> 
>   or is it ---|---100pf---|------|---100pf---|---
> 
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Ken
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