Howdy,
I need to put a 16ufd and a 8ufd cap in parallel in order to get my 24ufd that I need. I'm reading an article on this but it doesn't address the voltages. So I can get my needed 24ufd this way but does the parallel configuration affect the 450 volt rating that the two caps have? Do I still have a 450 volt 24ufd cap?
Thanks, Johnny

Capicators in parallel, you add the uf's and the voltage would be the voltage of the lowest one. If both are 450 volt, then you would have 450 volt, but if one of them was rated lets say 350 volts and the other 450 then the max you could put accross them would be 350.
Hope this helps
Bob
:Howdy,
: I need to put a 16ufd and a 8ufd cap in parallel in order to get my 24ufd that I need. I'm reading an article on this but it doesn't address the voltages. So I can get my needed 24ufd this way but does the parallel configuration affect the 450 volt rating that the two caps have? Do I still have a 450 volt 24ufd cap?
:Thanks, Johnny

PS: make sure you observe polarity, plus to plus and minus to minus.

:Capicators in parallel, you add the uf's and the voltage would be the voltage of the lowest one. If both are 450 volt, then you would have 450 volt, but if one of them was rated lets say 350 volts and the other 450 then the max you could put accross them would be 350.
:Hope this helps
:Bob
::Howdy,
:: I need to put a 16ufd and a 8ufd cap in parallel in order to get my 24ufd that I need. I'm reading an article on this but it doesn't address the voltages. So I can get my needed 24ufd this way but does the parallel configuration affect the 450 volt rating that the two caps have? Do I still have a 450 volt 24ufd cap?
::Thanks, Johnny

Just like resistors in series, you simply add values. Capacitors in series, and resistors in parallel get more tricky.
Lewis

:PS: make sure you observe polarity, plus to plus and minus to minus.
:
::Capicators in parallel, you add the uf's and the voltage would be the voltage of the lowest one. If both are 450 volt, then you would have 450 volt, but if one of them was rated lets say 350 volts and the other 450 then the max you could put accross them would be 350.
::Hope this helps
::Bob
:::Howdy,
::: I need to put a 16ufd and a 8ufd cap in parallel in order to get my 24ufd that I need. I'm reading an article on this but it doesn't address the voltages. So I can get my needed 24ufd this way but does the parallel configuration affect the 450 volt rating that the two caps have? Do I still have a 450 volt 24ufd cap?
:::Thanks, Johnny

:Thanks Bob, These are both 450 volts so this arrangement should work just great. I knew there was something about voltages when you parallel caps.
Johnny
:
:Capicators in parallel, you add the uf's and the voltage would be the voltage of the lowest one. If both are 450 volt, then you would have 450 volt, but if one of them was rated lets say 350 volts and the other 450 then the max you could put accross them would be 350.
:Hope this helps
:Bob
::Howdy,
:: I need to put a 16ufd and a 8ufd cap in parallel in order to get my 24ufd that I need. I'm reading an article on this but it doesn't address the voltages. So I can get my needed 24ufd this way but does the parallel configuration affect the 450 volt rating that the two caps have? Do I still have a 450 volt 24ufd cap?
::Thanks, Johnny