capasitors behaving wierd..?

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Bombasa

Joined Dec 2, 2012
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I was supposed to do this labexperiment at school, but because of reasons i managed to miss it. The lab is closed so i have to do it simulated. :/

My task is to graph the current of C1 and C2 when charging and discharging. I've put up 1ohm resistance on each the capasitors when uncharged and i get these results.

Why is the current drop to 0 so fast through the capasitors compared to the voltage and current throught R1?
It also looks like all the current and voltage travel through R1 instead of charging up C2?


Am i missing something big here? Ive done similar experiments before, like RCseries, RLC and RL circuits, but this one is confusing the hell out of me!

 

Jony130

Joined Feb 17, 2009
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Hm, I think it is a classic example of a GiGO.
How can you see discharge on the plot if R1 discharge current is very small (5.5uA) in comparison with 5A charging current?
Also add simulation file.
 
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Jony130

Joined Feb 17, 2009
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C1 and C2 capacitors end the charging phase at about 140us after simulation start.
Then C2 start to discharge with a very low current in comparison with a charging current. So when you plot this charging current (5A) in LTspice, how can you want to see discharge current (5uA a million times smaller than charging current) on the same LTspice plot? There is a huge difference in plot scale. And this is why you can not see a discharge current.
 

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