Re: Residual charge left on caps

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Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com> 


When a capacitor is charged the electron orbit radii are stretched.  When
discharged most of the orbital radii return to normal but there is usually
5-10% that don't get back in the discharge phase.

These "stretched orbit" radical electrons slow return to their normal orbit,
and while doing so, create electrical charges on the plates of the
capacitor.

They are not extra electrons but merely a few billion that don't immediately
return to their normal orbits.

Dr. Resonance

Resonance Research Corporation
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 >
 > At first discharge the residual voltage between the plates is reduced to
 > zero  BUT the dielectric still has strain buried in it, as that stain
moves
 > out it generates charges on the plates,
 >
 > Where these come from ie where does the negative plate get its extra
 > electrons from I'm not sure but the idea of the dielectric storing energy
 > seems appealing
 >