I’ve tried to figure this one out, and honestly, there are a lot of good articles and videos out there trying to simplify and explain how certain electronic components work but they *still* get too technical and jargon-y. Like, what’s the actual for capacitors?
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They are a rubber band for you to store energy. Give it a Voltage (Electromotive FORCE) and it pushes back. That’s the energy you’ve stored. Give it a way to release it (by connecting it to a circuit) and you could release the energy stored.
How far the rubber band moves away from the center is the charge stored, and capacitance (Charge per Volt) tells you how elastic the rubber band is, and how much energy it could store.
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