Im in the electrical field and hold a refrigeration license...and on any level... Anyone can grasp the concept of a capacitor and it's functions from your video....thanks !!
Thanks for giving these easily digestible and easy to follow videos, great for someone like myself who is a complete novice to electronics and electrics.
thank you. its very informative video, for people who said they didn't understand, please know that no one will be able to explain these subjects thoroughly by a short video, as its enormous subject. We need to watch and get information on what we didnt understand from internet, for Egg: i didnt understand coulomb so i google search and learn what is coulomb.
Wonderful!!! For Science like Physics and Electricric, the most importance things for me is to fully understand the actual physical meaning by the Dimension.Now i understand how 1[F] is big....
I hope I did not swap things. It can be a little confusing. C is the equation symbol for capacitance and the unit for capacitance is the farad (F). Q is the equation symbol for charge and the unit for change is the coulomb (C). Does that help?
@@stepbystepscience this video was helpful thank you. I was just confused about the slide for nano farads and pico farads it looks like the capacitors have units “C”
I have a 6800uf 80v capacitor snap on. I need help to replace or upgrade it. Is there a conversion from this to something else? I am trying to find options. I ask this cause different how things written differently other parts in the world. The example here America use lbs. and other parts use kilos. I ask because it is hard for me to find this capacitor along with quality. Please help!
Does the capacitor vary in size because of volts or the capacitance/amper or both?, and i would believe 1 coulomb is the same amount of stored energy as 1 amp, just that ampers is measured in hour and coulomb 1 second in a circuit?
What's the difference between a cheap 10 µF capacitor her and a 10 µF bucket capacitor And how would I figure out how much energy would release when discharged I.e. does a bucket capacitor make a big boom
suprisingly little info out there about this so thanks. I'm a newb so I'm a little stumped. ok a lot.. I understand what a coulomb is. So V is the difference in charge of the two plates? the potential difference. Is the V used basically as the amount of push the columbs will experience being discharged, which will then be current? So 1 farad is a certain amount of coulombs which has 1 volt. does this value change in proportion with plate sizes? If so why are there high voltage caps at micro farad? also I've heard a coulomb (lets say caps in general) ars dangerous? how? I presume volts they say A coulomb can be dangerous. A cap can be. I don't see how?
So maybe this will help: 1 amp equals one coulomb. They are the same thing. One amp equals 6.24 x 10 to the 18th power of electrons OR basically 624 quintillion electrons passing one point in a conductor in one second. One farad of charge needs 1 volt. One farad equals one amp which means there are 624 quintillion electrons stored in a 1 farad capacitor to be released all at ONCE when the capacitors leads are shorted or if the capacitor reaches/surpasses its capacity. Just remember that a farad is not created unless you apply one volt to the capacitor. Does this help?
Hi. Thanks for your video .could you please add if someone want to change a Capacitor,Can he/she change it to upper value of its Farad .for example if it is 120Mfd, can he change it to 220Mfd ? I appreciate it If you answer me . Thanks for your teaching again 👍👌
I like your explanation, but what I was hoping for was to be able to put capacitors in instinctive relationship with something more "everyday", say a battery... I'm just having a hard time fathoming how much current can go in capacitor... Like if I need to smooth a circuit that has 5 V but that draws 6 V when it connects to Wi-Fi for example, and that process takes 0.5 seconds, then I'd need a capacitor of 0.5 F, but that seems excessive from having looked at circuits before... idk, I just wish the answer or relationship I'm looking for was more accessible...
This video is most likely for folks who know about electrical systems NOT for beginners what so ever , he should have mentioned what the hell a coulomb is.
It's far more useful to use common household objects to explain how much energy is stored in a farad. For example "1 farad at 120 volts would power a TV remote control continuously for 60 seconds"- This is just an example and is not true!
Wind Screen well that's what im talking about.. we can't suppose folks know things already.. in a teaching inviorment . Got reduced it to the most simlistict level.. unless theirs reason not to
I'm sorry but this didn't tell me anything about capacitors that we didn't already know, I would have liked to know how to equal it out to something that we are more familiar with like voltage and amperage but you couldn't do any of those equations or conversions that would of gave me more idea of what is a !!!! What? Sorry I don't speak that language
What else should it be, it is named after Michael Faraday. It is an abbreviation for coulombs per volt. If a capacitor is attached to a 1 volt source and it then stores 1 coulomb of charge on its plates then it is a 1 farad capacitor. Does that help?
The capacitance of capacitor depends on farad..if you put high voltage source in capacitor have less farad it will damage the capacitor..1Q/1v..it's because 1 farad..not equals 1 farad..my opinion base on the other comment on how to analyze the equation.
..........I'm looking at the definition legalistically and maybe waisting time getting entangled . ...A one Coulomb capacitor "can" store one coulomb of charge under potential difference of one volt between the plates. ..The Coulomb is of course a big number of electons ,, in back of my head I recall a number with 63 zeros .....The critical word in definition is ,,can,, . A capacitor rated at 100uf and say 6 volts breakdown can store 100 millionth of a coulomb at one volt PD but so can a 100uf rated at 400 volts breakdown. The 6 volt capacitor can store however at 6 volt PD meaning ( I assert) it can hold 6 x100 millionths of a coulomb at this PD. The 400 volt rated capacitor can store charge at 400 PD meaning it'll hold 400 x 100 millionths of a coulomb . Right? ....or is it still for both only 100 millionths of coulomb but only thing different is the PD .?
@@stepbystepscience tautology. Incase your been serious. Its when you pretend to explain something by rediscribing the problem and the word ends up being the answer and not cerebal edema like in the case of the fake condition described as autism or the one thats "on the spectrum" another tautology that one was invented by a child murderer.
Differnt colours and pretending to br khan univisity and repeating words is just distracting. Why dont you simply state the key thing about it and thrn show us the algebra
Maybe you could do an hour instructional topic gor each word the words were going to learnt how to spell.. well what is spelling.. lets write that on the board.... hmmm well use blue for the title.. for all you visual learners. I know how to spell fuckface
I am sorry you learned nothing from the video, perhaps you knew everything already. This video is meant to be a brief introduction into what is a farad. Is there something else you are looking for?
In a way it is like an amp or a volt....A farad has to do with how much charged is stored in the capacitor...Like the charge that is stored in the flash for a camera...more farads equals more charge stored. Does that help? You can see a listing of all my videos at www.stepbystepscience.com
I saw in another video (as I too am having trouble grasping the concept) that farads (Micro,Nano,Pico,etc) were more like a measure of how long the capacitor holds x voltage. I have a few 16v-2200uf capacitors that I want to include into a few bridge rectifiers (in540 diodes) that I'll use for converting AC generators to DC,but I'm not sure if they will work in my circuits. My grid bank is 12v (couldn't find 12v capacitors,but the batteries will not care that they are receiving 4 extra volts per charge cycle). Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Well I guess if you want 12v capacitors you could go and look into car audio stuff, but most of them will have huge farads capacity. For example mine is a 2farad capacitor (12v)
Im in the electrical field and hold a refrigeration license...and on any level... Anyone can grasp the concept of a capacitor and it's functions from your video....thanks !!
Great and very nice of you to say.
Thanks for giving these easily digestible and easy to follow videos, great for someone like myself who is a complete novice to electronics and electrics.
+Nick Godden You are very welcome, glad that you find them helpful.
You can see a full listing of my videos at my websitem www.stepbystepscience.com
im a kid and im studying the electric field right now, this was a simple brief tutorial.
Thanks so much for the comment.
@@stepbystepscience hey! I can now make circuits, i made a few videos about them.
Thank you very much ... I am from syria but I understood every info in this video ... you are amazing 😍
Hope you are ok in Syria, thanks for the comment.
Almost good .... we used to survive everyday .
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Thankyou my brother I'm a hvac apprentice and this really helps me on my journey
Glad to hear that and best wishes for your journey!
Thanks for explaining what a farad capacitor is. your video was very helpful to me as a noviest electronic hobbiest.
Glad it helped. Thanks for the nice comment.
sir, how am I going to know what capacitor/ micro do I need to run a motor 220V with centrifugal switch?
I have a question if I have a 1 farad cap at 12v will I have coulomb
Great sir you're really a good teacher🥰 Love from 🇮🇳INDIA
Thank you so much and greetings from Germany!
thank you. its very informative video, for people who said they didn't understand, please know that no one will be able to explain these subjects thoroughly by a short video, as its enormous subject. We need to watch and get information on what we didnt understand from internet, for Egg: i didnt understand coulomb so i google search and learn what is coulomb.
You are very welcome and thanks for taking the time to comment.
Wonderful!!! For Science like Physics and Electricric, the most importance things for me is to fully understand the actual physical meaning by the Dimension.Now i understand how 1[F] is big....
Learning about testing condensers for vintage outboard motors. You’re video was very helpful. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
nice video , straight to the point and crisp ,keep up the good work
Thanks so much, glad you liked it.
I am so stupid , I confused this with 'faraday' ...
Now my all concepts are absolutely clear !
Thank you
We all get confused sometimes!
Was the reason for the right side of the equations changing notation after microfarads? I.e. You used 'C' instead of 'F' at the end.
Shouldn't 1C/V one coulomb per volt be 1Q/V when = to 1 Farad?
No, Q is the equation symbol for charge but C is the unit abbreviation for coulomb. It is confusing.
So skelcaps 2.8v 3200 F cap is good?
I have a two capacitor they are 10volts the other one is 100 microfarad and the other one is 70 microfarad so what is the difference?
the last slide was a little confusing for me, it seems like F and C were swapped in some places
I hope I did not swap things. It can be a little confusing. C is the equation symbol for capacitance and the unit for capacitance is the farad (F). Q is the equation symbol for charge and the unit for change is the coulomb (C). Does that help?
@@stepbystepscience this video was helpful thank you. I was just confused about the slide for nano farads and pico farads it looks like the capacitors have units “C”
Another excellent video! ❤
Glad you liked it!
I have a 6800uf 80v capacitor snap on. I need help to replace or upgrade it. Is there a conversion from this to something else? I am trying to find options. I ask this cause different how things written differently other parts in the world. The example here America use lbs. and other parts use kilos. I ask because it is hard for me to find this capacitor along with quality. Please help!
So if I have a 16V 220 uF capacitor how many coulombs of charge do I have? And why would I want to know?
Thank you for this video, it really helped my understanding ! 😁
Glad it helped!
I kinda understand how farad work now... how many volts are in 220 pf? I was a bit confused with the equations.
So a farad being the highest value. The next highest is micro then Nano then pico?
yes
@@stepbystepscience how many to make the next? ..... pico= 1nano exc...
I'm writing in an hour and this really helped.. Thank you
Great, thanks for watching and commenting.
Does the capacitor vary in size because of volts or the capacitance/amper or both?, and i would believe 1 coulomb is the same amount of stored energy as 1 amp, just that ampers is measured in hour and coulomb 1 second in a circuit?
Hi. I've got this Edison multimeter DAM 668 with a capacitance rating of 32.6 mF. What is that value in uf?
It's confusing that C = both Coulomb and Capacitance
Yes it is.
Q= coulomb
68uf35v can be replaced with 100uf 35v or not
I use a 1 farad for my car stereo. Works great when the subs are working as he head lights will not dim at night time.
I finally got it now....😀Thank you.
You are very welcome, thanks for your comment.
I'm sorry, but why did you switch from F to C
I think that was a mistake, sorry for any confusion.
Hi,I have an audio capacitor that is 2 uf @ 230 volts that needs replacement. All I can find is a 2.2 uf 630 volt capacitor
Will this work?
........the answer was yes, and you likely already discovered by now. At those ratings you're paying hard money for them.
Thank you for clearing explaining what a Farad is!
My pleasure!
Does anyone know what this means F=-F ?
How many microfarads are in 1 farad?
It said 10^-6 microfarads in a farad which would be 10'000'000 microfarads or 10 million
Wait I think it's 1 million
Yes, micro means one millionth, so there are 1 000 000 microfarads in 1 farad.
Great explanation!
Thanks, glad you think so!
What's the difference between a cheap 10 µF capacitor her and a 10 µF bucket capacitor
And how would I figure out how much energy would release when discharged
I.e. does a bucket capacitor make a big boom
check specs from maker
suprisingly little info out there about this so thanks. I'm a newb so I'm a little stumped. ok a lot.. I understand what a coulomb is. So V is the difference in charge of the two plates? the potential difference. Is the V used basically as the amount of push the columbs will experience being discharged, which will then be current? So 1 farad is a certain amount of coulombs which has 1 volt. does this value change in proportion with plate sizes? If so why are there high voltage caps at micro farad? also I've heard a coulomb (lets say caps in general) ars dangerous? how? I presume volts
they say A coulomb can be dangerous. A cap can be. I don't see how?
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So maybe this will help: 1 amp equals one coulomb. They are the same thing. One amp equals 6.24 x 10 to the 18th power of electrons OR basically 624 quintillion electrons passing one point in a conductor in one second.
One farad of charge needs 1 volt. One farad equals one amp which means there are 624 quintillion electrons stored in a 1 farad capacitor to be released all at ONCE when the capacitors leads are shorted or if the capacitor reaches/surpasses its capacity. Just remember that a farad is not created unless you apply one volt to the capacitor. Does this help?
I was waiting for you to mention how many zeros for a microfarad. I am guessing -6 means 6 zeros. .000001 is one microfarad?
Hi. Thanks for your video .could you please add if someone want to change a Capacitor,Can he/she change it to upper value of its Farad .for example if it is 120Mfd, can he change it to 220Mfd ? I appreciate it If you answer me . Thanks for your teaching again 👍👌
How many farad for 1omn
I do not understand your question, need more information.
@@stepbystepscience you know when you hook your amp up to your subs and wire up for 1 ohm. So how many farad a would make 1 ohm
I like your explanation, but what I was hoping for was to be able to put capacitors in instinctive relationship with something more "everyday", say a battery... I'm just having a hard time fathoming how much current can go in capacitor... Like if I need to smooth a circuit that has 5 V but that draws 6 V when it connects to Wi-Fi for example, and that process takes 0.5 seconds, then I'd need a capacitor of 0.5 F, but that seems excessive from having looked at circuits before... idk, I just wish the answer or relationship I'm looking for was more accessible...
This video is most likely for folks who know about electrical systems NOT for beginners what so ever , he should have mentioned what the hell a coulomb is.
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It's far more useful to use common household objects to explain how much energy is stored in a farad. For example "1 farad at 120 volts would power a TV remote control continuously for 60 seconds"- This is just an example and is not true!
Got it!
Mean, thanks dude. That was awesome
You're welcome. Glad you liked it!
This video is most likely for folks who know about electrical systems NOT for beginners what so ever , he should have mentioned that
Not really, mostly it is just an introduction to the definition of a Farad.
its pretty much basic stuff.
Wind Screen ya if you know it already its basic... gotta have a wee bit on understanding about these things
this is based on the basics of the law of OHM and Watts / power.
just go into these, and you will easy understand this video.
Wind Screen well that's what im talking about.. we can't suppose folks know things already.. in a teaching inviorment . Got reduced it to the most simlistict level.. unless theirs reason not to
Very nice video sir
You are welcome, thanks for commenting.
Awesome. Good info.
Glad you think so!
I know as much about capacitors as before i watched.
sorry, what is it you are looking for?
I would like to collect Sixteers based upon the micro Ferad concept
sounding like Sal Khan in this video
thank you for this
You're very welcome!
I'm sorry but this didn't tell me anything about capacitors that we didn't already know, I would have liked to know how to equal it out to something that we are more familiar with like voltage and amperage but you couldn't do any of those equations or conversions that would of gave me more idea of what is a !!!! What? Sorry I don't speak that language
I you search "Step by Step Science Capacitors" then you will see the many other videos I made about capacitors and voltage and charge and many others.
I'll take a look through your videos or have one of my staff to thank you for replying to my comments it is most appreciated
it was very helpful
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Thanks A lot, Much Helpful.
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Why capacitor unit is farad
What else should it be, it is named after Michael Faraday. It is an abbreviation for coulombs per volt. If a capacitor is attached to a 1 volt source and it then stores 1 coulomb of charge on its plates then it is a 1 farad capacitor. Does that help?
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The capacitance of capacitor depends on farad..if you put high voltage source in capacitor have less farad it will damage the capacitor..1Q/1v..it's because 1 farad..not equals 1 farad..my opinion base on the other comment on how to analyze the equation.
..........I'm looking at the definition legalistically and maybe waisting time getting entangled . ...A one Coulomb capacitor "can" store one coulomb of charge under potential difference of one volt between the plates.
..The Coulomb is of course a big number of electons ,, in back of my head I recall a number with 63 zeros .....The critical word in definition is ,,can,, . A capacitor rated at 100uf and say 6 volts breakdown can store 100 millionth of a coulomb at one volt PD but so can a 100uf rated at 400 volts breakdown. The 6 volt capacitor can store however at 6 volt PD meaning ( I assert) it can hold 6 x100 millionths of a coulomb at this PD. The 400 volt rated capacitor can store charge at 400 PD meaning it'll hold 400 x 100 millionths of a coulomb . Right?
....or is it still for both only 100 millionths of coulomb but only thing different is the PD .?
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Its more of a tuatology than an explanation
What is a "tuatology"?
@@stepbystepscience tautology. Incase your been serious. Its when you pretend to explain something by rediscribing the problem and the word ends up being the answer and not cerebal edema like in the case of the fake condition described as autism or the one thats "on the spectrum" another tautology that one was invented by a child murderer.
Differnt colours and pretending to br khan univisity and repeating words is just distracting. Why dont you simply state the key thing about it and thrn show us the algebra
All my videos are my own...maybe you should learn how to spell.
Maybe you could do an hour instructional topic gor each word the words were going to learnt how to spell.. well what is spelling.. lets write that on the board.... hmmm well use blue for the title.. for all you visual learners. I know how to spell fuckface
Was ist ein Farad. Das bedeutet "bicycle" auf Englisch. :-)
genau, aber auf Deutsch ist es so geschrieben, Fahrrad.
@@stepbystepscience Ja natürlich.
So brief i learned nothing
I am sorry you learned nothing from the video, perhaps you knew everything already. This video is meant to be a brief introduction into what is a farad. Is there something else you are looking for?
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sorry, for an idiot like me, I didn't learn a thing...What does a farad have anything to do with anything...is it like an amp or a volt or a Wh or?
In a way it is like an amp or a volt....A farad has to do with how much charged is stored in the capacitor...Like the charge that is stored in the flash for a camera...more farads equals more charge stored. Does that help? You can see a listing of all my videos at www.stepbystepscience.com
I saw in another video (as I too am having trouble grasping the concept) that farads (Micro,Nano,Pico,etc) were more like a measure of how long the capacitor holds x voltage. I have a few 16v-2200uf capacitors that I want to include into a few bridge rectifiers (in540 diodes) that I'll use for converting AC generators to DC,but I'm not sure if they will work in my circuits. My grid bank is 12v (couldn't find 12v capacitors,but the batteries will not care that they are receiving 4 extra volts per charge cycle). Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Well I guess if you want 12v capacitors you could go and look into car audio stuff, but most of them will have huge farads capacity. For example mine is a 2farad capacitor (12v)