Re: Why does charge NOT flow between TWO charged capacitors?

Date: Wed Nov 14 09:57:13 2001
Posted By: Mike Harrison, , Freelance electronics consultant, White Wing Logic
Area of science: Physics
ID: 1005695825.Ph

Message:


If you connect 2 charged capacitors together with opposite polarity, 
current WILL flow between them, and if they are of the same value and 
charged to the same voltage, the charges will cancel each other, resulting 
in zero charge in both capacitors, the energy having been dissipated as 
heat in the wires and internally in the capacitors.

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