https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/7f54ac9b-6c60-4757-a2aa-a6a0fd31ecb1 Dave proves he has no fear by opening this can of electronic worms by posing the question - "Does Current Flow Through A Capacitor?" The answer may surprise you, or drive you into a physics induced rage... Turns out you can measure the displacement current: http://personal.rhul.ac.uk/uhap/027/PH2420/PH2420_files/displacement.pdf NOTE: before commenting, please watch and understand that there are TWO types of currents. Vent your rage here: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-486-does-current-flow-through-a-capacitor/ Thanks to KedasProbe for pointing out this doco video on Maxwell & the Displacement current!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdoL8IOwJw0 EEVblog Main Web Site: http://www.eevblog.com EEVblog Amazon Store: http://astore.amazon.com/eevblogstore-20 Donations: http://www.eevblog.com/donations/ Projects: http://www.eevblog.com/projects/ Electronics Info Wiki: http://www.eevblog.com/wiki/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:53:42 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/7f54ac9b-6c60-4757-a2aa-a6a0fd31ecb1 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.