Capacitor Circuits: Battery Removal Effects

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When a battery is removed from a circuit of capacitors, the final electric potential each capacitor approaches depends on their configuration. In series, unequal capacitors do not reach the same potential, while in parallel, they do. The discussion highlights that capacitors in parallel will maintain equal voltage across them after the battery is disconnected, regardless of their capacitance values. This distinction is crucial for understanding capacitor behavior in different circuit arrangements. Ultimately, the arrangement of capacitors significantly influences their final electric potential when the power source is removed.
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For a circuit of capacitors...can it be generalized that when the battery is removed, each capacitor approaches the same final electric potential, regardless of whether the capacitors were in series or parallel?
 
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Gear300 said:
For a circuit of capacitors...can it be generalized that when the battery is removed, each capacitor approaches the same final electric potential, regardless of whether the capacitors were in series or parallel?

no. consider a circuit with 2 unequal capacitors in series with a battery.
 
I see, I see...so that's what it comes down to...what happens if the capacitors were originally in parallel to each other and the battery was then removed; the electric potential difference afterwards for each one should still be equal to each other regardless of the capacitance, right?
 
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