https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors Tell me what you know about capacitors and their uses. en-us 2016-06-15 19:17:58 UTC 2023-03-25 23:40:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Thunder.png dwatters https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114758641 2016-06-15 19:19:42 UTC https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114758641 dwatters https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114765293 Caps store charge - Init!]]> 2016-06-15 20:59:35 UTC https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114765293 https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114803357 a device used to store an electric charge, consisting of one or more pairs of conductors separated by an insulator.]]> 2016-06-16 08:04:48 UTC https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114803357 https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114803387 Cory btw^^^]]> 2016-06-16 08:05:21 UTC https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114803387 https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114803456 2016-06-16 08:06:11 UTC https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114803456 https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114803457 2016-06-16 08:06:11 UTC https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114803457 https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114803582 2016-06-16 08:07:08 UTC https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114803582 https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114803678 You can easily make a capacitor from two pieces of aluminum foil and a piece of paper]]> 2016-06-16 08:08:16 UTC https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114803678 https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114803693 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=otQGdPLyF3w]]> 2016-06-16 08:08:28 UTC https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114803693 https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114803695 All contain at least two electrical conductors]]> 2016-06-16 08:08:29 UTC https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114803695 https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114803922 Take two electrical conductors (things that letelectricity flow through them) and separate them with an insulator and you make a capacitor: something that can store electricalenergy. Adding electrical energy to a capacitor is called charging; releasing the energy from a capacitor is known asdischarging.]]> 2016-06-16 08:10:20 UTC https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114803922 https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114803935 Capacitors were originally called condesers]]> 2016-06-16 08:10:30 UTC https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114803935 https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114804038 A capacitor (originally known as a condenser) is a passive two-terminal electrical component used to store electrical energy temporarily in an electric field.]]> 2016-06-16 08:11:48 UTC https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114804038 https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114804106 2016-06-16 08:12:42 UTC https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114804106 https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114804164 There are the two conductors (known as plates, largely for historic reasons) and there's the insulator in between them (called the dielectric). The two plates inside a capacitor are wired to two electrical connections on the outside called terminals, which are like thin metal legs you can hook into an electric circuit.]]> 2016-06-16 08:13:22 UTC https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114804164 https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114804248 2016-06-16 08:14:26 UTC https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114804248 https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114804269 A capacitor is a circuit component that is made of two conducting surfaces (plates) separated by a dielectric (non-conducting insulator) material.]]> 2016-06-16 08:14:40 UTC https://padlet.com/dwatters/capacitors/wish/114804269