rigidigital
Senior Member
After being told that capacitors do not conduct in DC circuits I am even more confused. The simple LED flashing circuit i built seems to use the capacitors to 'time' the flashing of the lights. I guess they receive current until their limit is reached and then let it go in a bang ?
On the other hand I built a circuit that used a capacitor to connect the negative and positve early on in the circuit for a microcontroller. I thought this would have made a short circuit but of course it worked, the controller ran as was meant to !
Ive also read it can be a good idea to connect a capacitor to both points on a small electric motor to smooth out the current ? Huh
On the other hand I built a circuit that used a capacitor to connect the negative and positve early on in the circuit for a microcontroller. I thought this would have made a short circuit but of course it worked, the controller ran as was meant to !
Ive also read it can be a good idea to connect a capacitor to both points on a small electric motor to smooth out the current ? Huh