Dave proves he has no fear by opening this can of electronic worms by posing the question - "Does Current Flow Through A Capacitor?"<br />The answer may surprise you, or drive you into a physics induced rage...<br /><br />Turns out you can measure the displacement current:<br />http://personal.rhul.ac.uk/uhap/027/PH2420/PH2420_files/displacement.pdf<br /><br />NOTE: before commenting, please watch and understand that there are TWO types of currents.<br /><br />Vent your rage here: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-486-does-current-flow-through-a-capacitor/<br /><br />Thanks to KedasProbe for pointing out this doco video on Maxwell & the Displacement current!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdoL8IOwJw0<br /><br />EEVblog Main Web Site:<br />http://www.eevblog.com<br />EEVblog Amazon Store:<br />http://astore.amazon.com/eevblogstore-20<br />Donations:<br />http://www.eevblog.com/donations/<br />Projects:<br />http://www.eevblog.com/projects/<br />Electronics Info Wiki:<br />http://www.eevblog.com/wiki/
