Capacitor Charging & Discharging

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A practical demonstration that shows the chraging and discharging modes of capacitors. A 160 mF capacitor was used.

The video was directed and shot by Ebtisam Anzoor and presented by Mustafa Daif. We were assisted by our trainees Husain Atiya and Moh'd Abdulla

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• capacitor
• condensor
• charging
• discharging
• electricity
• circuit
• analysis
• edumation
• Mustafa
• Daif
• Ebtisam
• Anzoor
• Husain
• Atiya

[H1TM4NB00THY]

That looks like a 160,000 Mega Farrad Capacitor to me...

[msdaif]

@H1TM4NB00THY no micro farad.

[TsukiRockerBoy]

What are those red and black clamps that you used to connect the power source to the capacitor called?

[msdaif]

@TsukiRockerBoy Called ''Aligator clips'' which are metal connectors to conduct electricity from the wires to the terminals of the capacitor

[Biohazard000Labs]

so Capacitors is like a battery? =D

[msdaif]

@Biohazard000Labs Yes, a temporary battery

[H1TM4NB00THY]

@msdaif Yes. sorry I was mistaken. MFD = μ.

[MrFunyman1234]

i got 4 400v 22uF capacitors and wireled them all together CORRECTLY and i got 400v;s out for 5 hours >:D

[edumation]

@thefuzzyhoney You are 100% right. The current is -ve during discharging because it flows out of the postive terminal of the capacitor. However, I showed how the current decays regardless of the previous state.

[thefuzzyhoney]

So sorry prof.. The discharge phase for I(A) is wrong. Since current is an opposite of charge the phase is suppose in the other side, the - I(A)..

[edumation]

@gjmvi When lamp goes off

[Bearz314]

@msdaif Or.. crocodile clip :)

[gjmvi]

How do you know when it is done charging?

[wildmejowild]

in drawing current and voltage graphs, it would be less ambiguous if you chose diferent starting values.