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Capacitors do not generate voltage by themselves. The voltage you read across the cap will simply be whatever voltage the external circuit puts into it. The answer depends, then, on the particular circuit, so there is no real answer to your question. It's like asking how much water is in a properly functioning bucket. The answer (which doesn't really help), is 'however much you put into it'...

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