Re: [volt-nuts] Bohnenberger electrometer DANGER

2018-03-08 Thread ed breya
Here's a simplistic view that may be sufficient. Some energy (in the form of charge redistribution, which includes current flow) has to come from the capacitor, and some from the input signal, to do the work needed to push the leaf against gravity. When the input signal is removed, some of the

Re: [volt-nuts] Bohnenberger electrometer DANGER

2018-03-08 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On 8 March 2018 at 07:19, Andre wrote: > Hi, re. capacitors it might be worth mentioning that the normal equation > assumes charge and discharge through a constant current. > What 'normal equation' do you mean? > Don't forget that the equation includes a non linear term so