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Old 11th Sep 2012, 9:12 am   #47
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Default Re: capacitors in series - pitfalls?

By that reasoning a quarter plus a quarter is 2/16 or 1/8.

For two components I always use "product over sum" and as a check make sure the answer is lower than the lowest value cap or resistor.
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