Electricity
and Magnetism > Capacitance > Capacitors
DCS#
5C30.40
CAPACITORS IN
SERIES
AND PARALLEL
APPARATUS
9 1000 uF capacitors
113-02-D6
DC power supply
202-08-D
buzzer
202-19-E1
DESCRIPTION
Arrange four capacitors in series,
another
four in parallel, and leave one by itself. Charge each
combination
to 10 V. Discharge each set through a buzzer and compare
durations
of tone.
NOTES
Buzzer is Radio Shack 273-059
mounted in double
banana plug.
Connect electrolytic capacitors with
proper
polarity.
REFERENCES
Sutton, E-68.
Helene F. Perry, Randall S. Jones,
and Gregory
N. Derry, Capacitors in Parallel and Series, TPT 29, 348-349 (1991).
A. P. French, Are the Textbook
Writers Wrong
about Capacitors?, TPT 31, 156-159 (1993).
B. L. Illman and G. T. Carlson,
Equal Plate
Charges on Series Capacitors?, TPT 32, 77-80 (1994).