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[Phys-L] Fw: non-polarized capacitor



I continued a phys-l discussion with JD off line. In hindsight, I should have kept it on line so, with JD's permission, I am now posting the off-line part of the discussion.

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From: Jeffrey Schnick <JSchnick@Anselm.Edu>
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2021 5:07 PM
To: John Denker
Subject: Re: [Phys-L] non-polarized capacitor

John,

This is off list.
In
https://www.av8n.com/physics/non-polarized-capacitor.htm
you have a sentence that begins with:
"The floating node immediately picks up enough gorge to make it float at a voltage"
but by your definition of gorge, gorge is something that a capacitor or a battery has, not something that a node has. Is this just a typo?

Jeff

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From: Phys-l <phys-l-bounces@mail.phys-l.org> on behalf of John Denker via Phys-l <phys-l@mail.phys-l.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2021 2:09 PM
To: Phys-L@Phys-L.org
Cc: John Denker
Subject: Re: [Phys-L] non-polarized capacitor

On 2/23/21 12:54 AM, bernard cleyet via Phys−l asked:

Question: will two electrolytics back to back work as a non−polarized cap?

Yes. This is standard practice. Very common.

It is discussed here, with diagrams:
https://www.av8n.com/physics/non-polarized-capacitor.htm
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