experiment 5 Capacitors

Capacitors consist of 2 metal plates that are positioned close to each other but are seperated by insulator and when connected to an external power source electrons flow into the negative plates and thus charges up the capacitor, this charge remains in capacitor even once the power source has been removed, depending on the size of capacitance of the capacitor.... larger capacitors obviously hold and store more charge than a smaller 1.

Here are a couple of the smaller type capacitors commonly used. When using capacitors you must make sure to check whether or not it has a negative side to it. This can be identified by a - symbol.

Here are a couple more different type capacitors the - side of these particular capacitors is easily identified by the shorter leg of the 2.

The size of a capacitor is identified by the "farad" that is commonly printed on the capacitor itself. If "Farad" cant be found  you can also check to see if EIA code is listed.

below are some examples of different capacitors and there charging times with added resistance. This charging time is shown by the amount of V used to charge and the MS it takes to become fully charged along with the resistance being used.