Physics

Capacitors in Parallel

Total capacitance in parallel.

Formula

Formula
C = C1 + C2 + …

Variables

SymbolDefinitionType & rangeUnitsRole
Cᵢ capacitances (F) list of real numbers input

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comma or space separated numbers
Result

Worked examples

Example 1
Givencapacitances = 10, 20, 30
Result60
Example 2
Givencapacitances = 4.7, 10
Result14.7