Installed new pot and knobs. unreg?

[reTrEaD]

Apr 10, 2022 21:43:49 GMT -5 unreg said:

Since caps are neither AC or DC, as ashcatlt said above, why is my capacitor not able to have a DC voltage flow through it? Just trying to understand; I’m personally confused;

Voltage, whether AC or DC does not flow. Current flows.

This thread has already descended into chaos, largely because this situation is similar to trying to explain basic algebra to someone who doesn't even understand simple arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division). I don't know if any of the other staff members wish to deal with this mess, but for now I'm locking this thread. However, if one of them chooses to unlock it and take on that challenge, I won't dissuade them.

But I strongly recommend you READ some basic electricity and electronics articles on DC circuits, that are widely available on the internet for free, then learn AC electronics (capacitors and inductors), before asking these sorts of questions on this forum. We can help you with the finer points but attempting to be your personal tutors for the basics will just become a massive clutterfest.

[ashcatlt]

DC doesn’t pass a capacitor because that’s how capacitors work. I’m not super into the explanations that tell you how the electrons actually flow and I don’t much care for the hydraulic analogies. A capacitor has an impedance that looks small at high frequencies and gets large as the frequency gets lower. At 0Hz (DC), it should be infinite. A lot of what we use caps for (in active circuits more complex than our passive guitars) is blocking DC from going where we don’t want it.