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Re: (OT) What does a capacitor do?
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Posted by Rob on June 02, 2003 at 15:22:23 from (63.245.133.156):
In Reply to: (OT) What does a capacitor do? posted by tom on June 02, 2003 at 07:40:15:
A cap stores an electrical charge. It is use when 'time' is an issue. It takes 'time' to charge a cap and 'time' to discharge a cap. In your distributor they put in a capacitor so that you get a spark that lasts for some 'time.' Instead of an instant very hot spark you get a spark that lasts for some thousandths or even millionths of a second. The motor thing uses a cap to phase shift or 'delay' the electricity just a bit so the motor actually has the same volts hitting it at slightly different times. It gets two jolts for every AC jolt. Generally from different directions, or different windings. Amazing huh? Caps are all about 'time.'
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