Hi everyone. I'll start off by saying that I'm completely new to electronics. I've wanted to try doing some small projects for a while, and when I stumbled upon this forum, I decided to finally give it a go.
I found a good tutorial that explained how resistors, diodes and transistors worked, and how to use them in a circuit, but they didn't mention capacitors. I know the princible behind them, but not how to use them in a circuit.
For example, I've been wanting to build a bug zapper. Using a battery to charge a capacitor, and then the capacitor to quickly discharge and zap the bugs.
I made a quick drawing in paint of how I thought it would be.
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When you turn on the switch, the battery charges the capacitor, and the capacitor discharges when a bug hits.
Have I understood capacitors correctly? Will the capacitor charge, even if the negative pole isn't connected to the negative pole of the battery(when the bug isn't there)?
I found a good tutorial that explained how resistors, diodes and transistors worked, and how to use them in a circuit, but they didn't mention capacitors. I know the princible behind them, but not how to use them in a circuit.
For example, I've been wanting to build a bug zapper. Using a battery to charge a capacitor, and then the capacitor to quickly discharge and zap the bugs.
I made a quick drawing in paint of how I thought it would be.
**broken link removed**
When you turn on the switch, the battery charges the capacitor, and the capacitor discharges when a bug hits.
Have I understood capacitors correctly? Will the capacitor charge, even if the negative pole isn't connected to the negative pole of the battery(when the bug isn't there)?