This is a schematic from the ladybird book called 'learnabout Simple Electronics' circa 1979......I am working my way through electronic theory and practice from the ground up, I built this circuit on plugboard and it does exactly the opposite of what is tells me in the text, it tells me that when I attach the flying lead to ground, the bulb will slowely light, it doesn't, the bulb starts at full brightness and slowely goes out, now looking at the circuit I agree with my actual results since DC current will be blocked progressively as the capacitor charges up via the transistor and the base resistor.....can someone elighten me to what is going on here please?
Neil.
Neil.
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