>>11408949>>11407833be carefull with that eric dollard guy he is a pseudo-wherever the hell he is. Steinmetz is a proper electric engineer but in his writings he uses analogies that some people have taken totally out of context I'm talking about the book "Elementary Lectures on Electric Discharges
a capacitor basicaly uses the interactaction of the surface electrons of the plaques with the surface electrons of the dielectric, this is why a capacitor's capacity is basically directly related to surface/area, the thickness of the dielectric is not related to capacity but only to how much voltage the capacitor can take before rupturing the dielectric creating an arc between the plaques this has to be avoided in the normal use of a capacitor
be carefull not to confuse "dielectric" with "dielectricity" this term used by Dollard. a dielectric is a material that is an insulator but has good "surface electron" qualities like mica. "dielectricity" is supoosedly another type of "electricity" but this is a term only used in the alternative community
to understand inductors I think the best explanation I have is to picture that the electrons have momentum and theres also the action of a magnetic field plus electric fields at the same time so when you energise a coil the coil recives electrons and the behaviour is to "store" them so if you sudenly cut the supply to the inductor this "stored" electrons rush to seek be at rest in neutral charge this is basically why you get inductive spikes (the uncontrolled rush of electrons IS the inductive spike)... I'm sorry if this is a messy explanation... also remember that any cable has induction and capacitance theres no perfect cable in real life basically every wire is an inductor, it doesnt have to be made into a coil to have induction.
at very high frequencies even an inch of wire can present too much induction and other parasitics, this is part of the reason why Radio Frequency work RF is admire as an "occult art"
