connecting 2 caps.

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Topic: connecting 2 caps.

Posted By: amador
Subject: connecting 2 caps.
Date Posted: May 16, 2003 at 3:03 PM

hello everyone just a quick qustion im hooking up 2 rockford fosgate didgital caps.i need to know how can you hook them up in series or do'es it have to be hooked up parallel thanks for your help everyone

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Posted By: TAudio
Date Posted: May 16, 2003 at 4:37 PM

Either works fine. Parallel might give more of an even draw on both caps though. Make sure to use the same ground point as your amps.

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Posted By: pinchy
Date Posted: May 16, 2003 at 6:10 PM

Really? I thought you'd want them in parallel. As I remember from basic electronics:

Series: C(total)=C1+C2

Parallel: 1/C(total)=1/C1+1/C2

Posted By: pinchy
Date Posted: May 16, 2003 at 6:11 PM

I'm an indiot, I have them reversed.

Parallel: C(total)=C1+C2

Series: 1/C(total)=1/C1+1/C2

pinchy wrote:

Really? I thought you'd want them in parallel. As I remember from basic electronics:
Series: C(total)=C1+C2
Parallel: 1/C(total)=1/C1+1/C2

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