Electricity and Magnetism > Capacitance > Capacitors DCS# 5C30.40

CAPACITORS IN SERIES AND PARALLEL

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).