What are the effects of leaky capacitors.
I had a question on my test which require me to troubleshoot the problem of an amplifier circuit. The answer was a leaky capacitor causing a higher than normal current to flow through a resistor. This creates a larger voltage drop across the resistor which in turn lowers the transistor collector voltage.
Can anyone explains the effects of a leaky capacitor. As I read once before a leaky capacitor acts like a large resistor (100k plus) in a circuit. If that is true why would that cause a higher current draw? that should be the opposite. The higher the resistance, the lower the current.
I had a question on my test which require me to troubleshoot the problem of an amplifier circuit. The answer was a leaky capacitor causing a higher than normal current to flow through a resistor. This creates a larger voltage drop across the resistor which in turn lowers the transistor collector voltage.
Can anyone explains the effects of a leaky capacitor. As I read once before a leaky capacitor acts like a large resistor (100k plus) in a circuit. If that is true why would that cause a higher current draw? that should be the opposite. The higher the resistance, the lower the current.