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What happens to the time taken for the capacitor to charge and discharge when you increase the resistance in the circuit?

It increases. The time constant of a simple RC circuit is RC, resistance times capacitance. That is the length of time it will take for the capacitor voltage to reach about 63% of a delta step change. Ratio-metrically, if you double the resistance, you will double the charge or discharge time.


How do you discharge high dc voltage capacitor?

When a capacitor is powered off in an energized circuit, the capacitor still stores a certain amount of electricity. When there are other loads or components in the circuit, they will slowly discharge, or they can be quickly discharged by short-circuiting with small resistors or wires (at low voltage). When the capacitor discharges, the two poles of the capacitor respectively carry a certain amount of charge, and the outside world and the capacitor form a closed loop (generally, the closed loop does not include a power supply). The excess electrons (negative charges) approach the positive electrode of the capacitor to form a current, so that the charges at both ends of the capacitor are neutralized. When the neutralization is completed, the electric field between the two electrodes of the capacitor disappears. However, this is in an ideal situation. The amount of terminal charge is exponentially neutralized towards zero, but not zero. Discharge requirements of capacitors After the capacitor is disconnected from the bus, it must be discharged through a discharge resistor or a special voltage transformer. Discharge should be performed between the lead wires of the capacitor and between the lead wires and the casing. The capacitor can be grounded after the capacitor is discharged. Before working on the capacitor, be sure to conduct a test discharge. This discharge is to place the discharge rod on the terminal of the lead wire of the capacitor for a period of time. Even if both sides of the capacitor device are grounded, in order to prevent residual charge on the capacitor, a test discharge must be performed, and each group of capacitors connected in parallel must be discharged. Special care should be taken when conducting inspection discharge of capacitors removed due to faults. Due to the damaged capacitor, the general grounding device may not function as a ground discharge due to a partial disconnection. If the capacitor device has an interlock device, it should be considered that only after the entire device is grounded, the small door of the capacitor bank protective fence can be opened. We're JYH HSU(JEC) Electronics Ltd (or Dongguan Zhixu Electronic Co., Ltd.), an electronic components manufacturer. You may google "JYH HSU" to find our website.


What the use of capacitor in electronics?

To hold and store a charge until it reaches a pre-set value then to discharge it to a circuit all at once.


Capacitor not charge?

If a capacitor will not charge, it is open, i.e. damaged.


What is need of capacitor and resistor in circuit?

because without using capacitor or resistor in a circuit,it cant be complete.Resistor is used to protect the circuit by giving a certain amount of voltage.Capacitor is used to charge and discharge purpose.

Related questions

When a capacitor is neutralized where does excess charge go back to?

A capacitor is "charged" when the charge on the two plates is not the same. When you neutralize or "discharge" the capacitor you are transferring charge back to the low plate, so that the charge on both plates is the same.


What is the use of capacitor in circuit?

to bypass current and charge and discharge current


The effect of resistance on the rate of charging or discharging a capacitor?

If the resistance is in series with the capacitor, the charge/discharge time is extended.


What is discharging direction of capacitor?

When a capacitor discharges the discharge current flows in the opposite direction to the current used to charge it.


Why do you have to charge your capacitor?

well...a capacitor RELEASES charge which if BUILT up. that's why... lets say that you have a bucket...and you want to flood a small area...you need to fill up ( charge) the bucket before you can flood (discharge) ANSWER: It has the possibility to discharge if a path can be found. ITS property is to store potential


What happens to the time taken for the capacitor to charge and discharge when you increase the resistance in the circuit?

It increases. The time constant of a simple RC circuit is RC, resistance times capacitance. That is the length of time it will take for the capacitor voltage to reach about 63% of a delta step change. Ratio-metrically, if you double the resistance, you will double the charge or discharge time.


Which is faster to discharge or to charge a capacitor?

It depends on the amount of current available to charge or discharge. On the surface, I would say that you can discharge a capacitor faster than you can charge it, because the charge rate is limited by the current available in the power supply, while the discharge current could be quite high, because you could just apply a short circuit conductor around the capacitor. Of course, this could damage the capacitor. In truth, the equation of a capacitor is...dv/dt = i/C, which means that, given the same charge or discharge current, the rate of change of voltage would be the same.AnswerThe time taken to fully charge, or to fully discharge, a capacitor is given by the equation: time = 5 CR, where C represents its capacitance, in farads, and R represents the resistance of the circuit supplying the capacitor, in ohms. By 'fully charge', we mean bring the potential-difference across the capacitor's plates to the same value as the applied potential difference.If the external voltage source is replaced with a short circuit then, providing the resistance of the circuit hasn't changed, the discharge time will be exactly the same as the charging time. If the resistance is changed, then the same equation applies, but you need to insert the new value of resistance.


How do you discharge high dc voltage capacitor?

When a capacitor is powered off in an energized circuit, the capacitor still stores a certain amount of electricity. When there are other loads or components in the circuit, they will slowly discharge, or they can be quickly discharged by short-circuiting with small resistors or wires (at low voltage). When the capacitor discharges, the two poles of the capacitor respectively carry a certain amount of charge, and the outside world and the capacitor form a closed loop (generally, the closed loop does not include a power supply). The excess electrons (negative charges) approach the positive electrode of the capacitor to form a current, so that the charges at both ends of the capacitor are neutralized. When the neutralization is completed, the electric field between the two electrodes of the capacitor disappears. However, this is in an ideal situation. The amount of terminal charge is exponentially neutralized towards zero, but not zero. Discharge requirements of capacitors After the capacitor is disconnected from the bus, it must be discharged through a discharge resistor or a special voltage transformer. Discharge should be performed between the lead wires of the capacitor and between the lead wires and the casing. The capacitor can be grounded after the capacitor is discharged. Before working on the capacitor, be sure to conduct a test discharge. This discharge is to place the discharge rod on the terminal of the lead wire of the capacitor for a period of time. Even if both sides of the capacitor device are grounded, in order to prevent residual charge on the capacitor, a test discharge must be performed, and each group of capacitors connected in parallel must be discharged. Special care should be taken when conducting inspection discharge of capacitors removed due to faults. Due to the damaged capacitor, the general grounding device may not function as a ground discharge due to a partial disconnection. If the capacitor device has an interlock device, it should be considered that only after the entire device is grounded, the small door of the capacitor bank protective fence can be opened. We're JYH HSU(JEC) Electronics Ltd (or Dongguan Zhixu Electronic Co., Ltd.), an electronic components manufacturer. You may google "JYH HSU" to find our website.


What is capacitence?

A capacitor builds a charge and then discharges it, all at once, unlike a battery that will release it's charge slowly. To capacitate is to discharge an aggregate charge or volume and suddenly release it.


What is capacitate?

A capacitor builds a charge and then discharges it, all at once, unlike a battery that will release it's charge slowly. To capacitate is to discharge an aggregate charge or volume and suddenly release it.


What electronic components can store charge?

A capacitor and a battery. They both store charges but due to the fact that conventional batteries are chemically-powered, they don't charge or discharge very fast. On the other hand, they can be built to hold large amounts of charge. Conversely, a capacitor doesn't have nearly the same amount of capacity as batteries, but they charge and discharge much faster. For this reason, they are used in many capacities, such as in vehicle ignition systems, charging circuits for conventional digital cameras, and some appliances (and hence why those appliances will urge you to not open them up yourself as you may be exposed to enough charge that will kill you).


Why should you discharge the capacitor before measuring the capacitance?

If you don't it could fry your equipment. A capacitor can hold a charge for anextremely long time even years depending on the physical size and capacitance. It can hold a strong enough charge to kill.