Hi All,
an interesting situation came up when I was measuring the voltages across the individual capacitors in this experiment. I got always got a reading of 0 volts AC ! But when I measured across both of them (in series) i got a reading of 10 volts AC.
The way that the instructions explained it was that the voltage drop across the two capacitors would be equal to the voltage drop across each capacitor individually.
f that is the case, shouldn't I get a reading of 5V across each capacitor? What would be the reason why I am getting a reading of 0V for each individual capacitor?
FYI: I did not have this problem with the resistors. Just the capacitors.
If someone could shed some light on the science behind this, it would very much be appreciated.
Thanks!
an interesting situation came up when I was measuring the voltages across the individual capacitors in this experiment. I got always got a reading of 0 volts AC ! But when I measured across both of them (in series) i got a reading of 10 volts AC.
The way that the instructions explained it was that the voltage drop across the two capacitors would be equal to the voltage drop across each capacitor individually.
f that is the case, shouldn't I get a reading of 5V across each capacitor? What would be the reason why I am getting a reading of 0V for each individual capacitor?
FYI: I did not have this problem with the resistors. Just the capacitors.
If someone could shed some light on the science behind this, it would very much be appreciated.
Thanks!