Hey Grant...D1,2,3 seem quite viable since you have opposing voltages on each side of the dielectric ( insulator), but in D4 and 5 has me wondering as to what voltage ( potential) the middle plate will have?? Is it + or is it - or maybe even neutral??
If the + plate has a potential on one side of the dielectric and the negative plate has a potential of opposite polarity on the other side of the dielectric, and from what I understand of capacitors, the charge builds up near the plate/dielectric barrier ( maybe even in the dielectric from what I have read). I wonder if the middle plate is negating the charge build up in some manner??... Possible "shorting out" the potential charges in the dielectric?? OR would the middle plate even matter and the cap sees the 2 layers of dielectric as being too thick???
Have you done a current draw test on this type of cap to see if the current stops flowing ( cap is fully charged) or current draw drops to a minimal amount ( charged but with some leakage)?
Scot D Grant Visser wrote:
Hi all, I have held off on asking this question for many many MANY hours because I was : 1. 98% convinced that my memory of the theory was correct so didn't want to embaress myself by seeming just plain stupid. 2. 100% convinced that a few seconds research on the net would not only confirm my theory but also give me a bunch more ideas to play with! LOTZ OF SNIPPIN....
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