Capacitor help

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by robertbiferi, May 22, 2012.

  1. robertbiferi

    robertbiferi I can't follow the rules

    I just want to know if I have this right about Capacitors?

    If there is a One Farid Capacitor that meens it will hold One AMP of charge when One volt is connected to it.
    So if I connect a One Farid Capacitor to a 9 Volt Battery then the Capacitor will have 9 AMPs on it?
     
    robertbiferi, May 22, 2012
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  2. Tueur

    Tueur Sergeant Major

    Not quite. An Amp is a measure of current not charge. This is taking my back to my schooldays but a very quick google brought me to the Wiki page here

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitance

    Charge is measured in Coulombs. A 1 Farad Capacitor will hold one Coulomb of charge with andhas 1 volt of potential differance between the plates. The article explains it better than me so have a read.
     
    Tueur, May 22, 2012
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