Capacitors - Engineering

Q1:

Four 0.15 F capacitors are in parallel. The total capacitance is

A 0.15 F

B 0.30 F

C 0.6 F

D 0.8 F

ANS:C - 0.6 F

When capacitors are connected in parallel,the equivalent capacitance is the

sum of all the capacitances Ceq=C1+C2+C3+C4...

Ct = .15+.15+.15+.15

= 0.6micro farads.