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11 years ago
After all, a capacitor contains a gap between two conductors, and no charge can cross this gap.
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11 years ago
you will alternately have electrons being pulled to (and building up) on one side, then discharging while electrons from that side flow to ground and 'source' electrons get pulled to (and build up) on the other side. on a dc source however, more and more electrons build up onto one side until a voltage across the capacitor is equal to the source, then stops bulding up..
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11 years ago
While a capacitor or capacitive element blocks DC; the plate on the opposite side responds to changes on the source side; thus making it appear that ac is passing through.
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11 years ago
The capacitor charges and discharges continuously in response to the applied AC voltage.
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