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royalmp2001
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Tue Feb 08, 2005 12:24 am Post subject:
Tolerance rule for serial/parallel Caps? |
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Easy question....
What is the overall tolerance of capacitors in serial and parralel ?
for instance, if I have two 10% caps in serial what is the total
tolerance? is it still 10% or 20% or 5% or what..???
Is there a formula for this kind of stuff?
Thanks
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Jamie
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Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:04 am Post subject:
Re: Tolerance rule for serial/parallel Caps? |
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royalmp2001 wrote:
| Quote: | Easy question....
What is the overall tolerance of capacitors in serial and parralel ?
for instance, if I have two 10% caps in serial what is the total
tolerance? is it still 10% or 20% or 5% or what..???
Is there a formula for this kind of stuff?
Thanks
i think you mean series. |
in any case, if both are 10% then the
total string should be 10%.
you can look at it this way.
lets assume 2 100 Ohms are 10% and they are at
their upper limits, which would be 110 ohm each.
put them in series, you would have 220 Ohms
instead of 200 Ohms.
now what is 10% of 200 Ohms?
220 8)
so i guess the tolerance is still 10% |
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Jamie
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Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:05 am Post subject:
Re: Tolerance rule for serial/parallel Caps? |
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royalmp2001 wrote:
| Quote: | Easy question....
What is the overall tolerance of capacitors in serial and parralel ?
for instance, if I have two 10% caps in serial what is the total
tolerance? is it still 10% or 20% or 5% or what..???
Is there a formula for this kind of stuff?
Thanks
sorry, i didn't see that you were referring to CAPs. the |
answer is still the same.
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