<P> The total capacitance of capacitors in parallel is equal to the sum of their individual capacitances: </P> <Dl> <Dd> C t o t a l = C 1 + C 2 + ⋯ + C n (\ displaystyle C_ (\ mathrm (total)) = C_ (1) + C_ (2) + \ cdots + C_ (n)). </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> C t o t a l = C 1 + C 2 + ⋯ + C n (\ displaystyle C_ (\ mathrm (total)) = C_ (1) + C_ (2) + \ cdots + C_ (n)). </Dd> <P> The working voltage of a parallel combination of capacitors is always limited by the smallest working voltage of an individual capacitor . </P>

Cells in series and parallel discussion of theory