RC Circuit Analysis (2 of 8) Voltage and Current

Shows you how to analyze basic RC circuits for voltage, charge and current You can see a listing of all my videos at my website, www.stepbystepscience.com

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[@coreylevinson7339]

Thank you for the video. Simple things like 'voltage is the same when in parallel' really clear things up.

[@stepbystepscience]

Corey Levinson You are very welcome, I try to use "regular/simple" language when possible. Thank you for the comment.

[@coreylevinson7339]

You seem very intelligent, so I want to ask you a bunch of questions I've been saving up when studying circuitry. It's a bombardment of questions, though, so you don't need to answer if you don't have the time. I'm taking physics in school so these questions will help me. -why do you not short circuit a battery by touching both ends with your finers? is skin's resistance so high that it essentially breaks the circuit? -what causes death? Voltage or current? -how can birds sit on power lines? -if a capacitor is 10 microfarads, in an RC circuit, then at t=c, where c is a random constant, the capacitor can hold the maximum charge of a 5 microfarad capacitor, maybe later the max charge for a 6 microfarad capacitor, maybe earlier the maximum charge of a 3 microfarad capacitor? -why does a circuit complete itself if you are standing on the ground and you touch a charged conductor that's connected to a battery or transformer on the ground? -is a battery connected to ground if its physically touching the ground or does it need to connect itself to a long metal pipe in the ground? -does voltage come out of the negative or positive side of a battery? -why does emf exist? Why is it important in circuitry?

[@coreylevinson7339]

-how does a capacitor charge if it's not a circuit? -why must a circuit connect back onto itself? I understand its necessary to have a complete circuit oelectrons can flow, but why? -if you have high voltage in a wire, why doesnt a spark form in between a switch? -if a high capacitance capacitor is fully charged, why doesn't a spark form in between? -Why are wires covered in conductors? -what's so good about coaxial cables? -if a resistor has a really high resistance, is it possible to effectively cut off the current, thus breaking the circuit? -is a lightbulb flickering really quickly? I think the answer is no but I dont know. -imagine two circuits each with a battery with potential V. In both circuits there is one resistor. In the fist circuit, the resistor is 1 ohm. In the second circuit, the resistor is 10000 ohms. Which circuit depletes the battery faster? -what happens if a battery is fully charged and you try to charge it even more (i understand this question might have more to do with chemistry than physics) -How does grounding work? Why is it important? -what is bemf?

[@EdwinFairchild]

what if there is a resistor between cap 1 and cap 2 are they still treated a "resistors in parallel"

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This is such an informative and great video for the basic understanding of RC circuits. Despite the people complaining that you pronounce capacitor differently, it didn't impede my understanding at all. Great job!!!! You teach better than some college professors :)

[@stepbystepscience]

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[@rayfields2596]

Here's why I like this video so much. We all get these textbooks in school that show us examples, and our professors try to teach us this subject and another five or more concepts in a 1 hour lecture if that. When you can get a singled out explanation for something like this, it's soo much easier to sink in and understand. Thanks. I have a request though; can you make a video about the Voltages of the Capacitor in an RC circuit and how it changes through 5 time constants?

[@stepbystepscience]

+Ray Fields OK, maybe I will try taking on charging and discharging capacitors in my next videos.

[@stepbystepscience]

+Ray Fields and also thanks for the positive comment!

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[@boyanatanassov9263]

Hi There, At time-stamp 1:43 Your last statement is: Two things - capacitors are charged and current is running through those two capacitors... Most likely you wanted to say: capacitors are charged and current is running through those two RESISTORS... ;-) Your tutorials are great!!! I LOVE them... I am going over them and taking notes... I have become so good I even started catching the MASTER's miss-spells... ;-) I am sure you meant Resistors... Like in the prior video you said 25 amps instead of 20 amps... It's OK to make a mistake with so much numbers in ones head!!! Cheers

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[@stepbystepscience]

That is the goal, break everything into manageable pieces. Thank you very much for the comment. You can see a listing of all my videos at my website, www.stepbystepscience.com

[@carlosblock]

I really appreciate your video, well explained and very useful. I have a question: Mounting a timer with a 555 I need to know "when" the capacitor is going to arrive to 1/3 and 2/3 of the total voltage. Let's say I have a 9v rail voltage and I want to know how long is going to take for the capacitor to arrive to that voltage with a resistor on serie. I can't find an easy way to do It. Could you help? Thanks anyway and really god Job. Carlos

[@mrsemifixit]

Could you explain why the lower value capacitor stores more voltage than the 12uf if the charge is the same. Is it due to different internal resistances?

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[@darnaj38]

Thanks. Just a detail, at 2:44 the dimension of your inverse capacitance is 1/uF and not uF.

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[@zeegh5867]

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[@matchaicecream6086]

for question 2 why do you have to use the total resistance when it is specifically asking about the current going through the 10 ohm resistor?

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Thank you, simple and awesome.. very clean and clear.. A quick question, when your explaining solution for 4th question, the unit of the capacitor is 4uF not 4uC right ??

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[@WimpyWarlord]

brother at 1:45 u said current is running through those two capacitors where as u should say across the parallel branch........ well your video helped me a lot. thanks .keep it up.

[@stepbystepscience]

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[@uluyurth]

What would be the time constant for this circuit if there were only one capacitor?

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[@TheTheaterThug]

Why are the 10 and 20 resistors in series if theres another place the current can go? Does it only matter if the current has a choice between 2 or more resistors? I guess its still in series even though it could go to the capaciTORs

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[@dblevins343]

For question 4 I'm confused. I was able to follow everything up until you said the charge on both capacitors has to be the same since they are in a series. Why is that? I would think the the capacitor with the higher capacitance would hold more charge.

[@stepbystepscience]

For capacitors in series the charge is the same. This video explains it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e37HoZ56pLKLjqc

[@jinonika]

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[@RoyAndrews82]

It's like two voltage dividers... The capacitors in the middle because they're in series reduces the voltage from the voltage divider of the two resistors.

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[@andrewmitchell4205]

You said in your last video that at t equals infinity the current is equal to zero. In this video you state that we will be assuming that t is equal to zero but then you go on to find current through the R is .2A. I do not understand why I is is not zero.

[@stepbystepscience]

In the first video there is resistor and capacitor in series, after a long time (5 time constant) the the current has been reduced to zero. In this video there is a branch with just a resistor, when the switch is closed the current through the resistor goes to its max right a way and stays there. Does that help? You can see a listing of all my vidoes at www.stepbystepscience.com

[@andrewmitchell4205]

So it is because of the branch with the lone resistor that the current is maintained?

[@stepbystepscience]

+Andrew Mitchell yes

[@123kkambiz]

Thank you very much for very nice presentation of RC circuit analysis, Can you tell me what program you used for presentation of this video, is it microsoft Power Point?

[@stepbystepscience]

123kkambiz Thank you for the positive comment. The presentation is made with Keynote from Apple.

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Brian Swarthout Thanks again.

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Nice video.. Thanx !

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[@ButtercupBird]

but in the last video you described that at t=0 Vr=I*R, Vc=0 as C has no charge and at t=infinity Vr=0,Vc=Q/C as I through resistor is 0.. i am confused now

[@mrthatcher8562]

Kinda late but for new people watching this video, there's an I (current) at infinity because there's a new branch for the current to go through (ie the parallel resistor to the capacitor)

[@NeelSandellISAWESOME]

@@mrthatcher8562 Thanks, your response really helped me understand :)

[@ghayadsayegh8367]

but i have a question , in the firrst you assume that the voltage between 10 resistor in 6 and calculate the current then u said that the voltage around the 10 resistor is 2 ,!!!

[@wronski11]

What would happen if your 10 Ohm resistor was a capacitor. If there was no 20 Ohm resistor, you are just going to charge the capacitors. If the 20 Ohms are there however, would you be charging the capacitors with less current? Under normal circumstances, if the 10 Ohm was replaced with a capacitor, they would be in series and all capacitors will have the same charge. However, I am not sure what will happen if the 20 Ohm is connected in parallel to the 12 uF and the 6 uF. Would it be preventing them to get the same charge as the capacitor which we used to replace the 10 Ohm resistor?

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[@amofaga20]

When calculating for volts across caps don't write down the pico and micro sign like i did reading off my calculator, just the V for volts, lol. Preciate the tutorial.

[@massinissa9623]

In point x the current will split into two current so current in 10 ohm and 20 ohm not the same?

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[@stepbystepscience]

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[@riddhigaikwad3386]

When a capacitor is charged through a DC supply source for infinite time, the final current through it is - (a) Determined by the resistor (b) Half of the initial current (c) Infinite (d) Zero. please reply of this answer sir please 😓

[@darkknight-xm5cj]

im a little confused on the potential difference isnt the total supposed to be 6? yet the 20ohm resistance is 4V and so is the 2 C branch

[@stepbystepscience]

It is 4 V across both branches because 2 of the volts are used by the 10 Ohm resistor.

[@NitinPatilEmbedded]

Nice explanation.... Keep it up

[@stepbystepscience]

Nitin Patil Thank you for the comment and thanks for watching!

[@johnparks6936]

Great video, really helped me a lot! Just had one question if you don't mind - why is Vxy 4V when it is also parallel to the battery which is 6 V?

[@stepbystepscience]

Because 2V of the battery's 6V are being used by the 10 Ohm resistor. Oder?

[@johnparks6936]

Makes sense, ty

[@rabihatut]

@@stepbystepscience after long time the current in the circuit drops to zero. As result the pd across the 10 ohms resistor drops also to zero which means at the end the 2 capacitors are sharing between themselves all the 6V of the battery.

[@stepbystepscience]

@@rabihatut Not quite....After a long time the current through the branch with the capacitors goes to zero, but there will still be current through the outer branch with the resistors (why not?).

[@magnusonx1]

My argument here is that, based on my past experiences with circuit analysis, both resistors are not in series (nor parallel). I have been taught that, when there are circuit elements connected between two resistors, they fundamentally cannot be called in series (reference node X and the elements, the 2 capacitors, below it). Since the assumption here states that, in this case, the capacitors are fully charged, would this be an exception? With both capacitors fully charged on the middle wire, can we then say that the 2 resistors are in fact in series? Also, what if the capacitor(s) where not charge, could we still say that the resistors are in series?

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[@mohdsateria6359]

The total charge over the 2 capacitors is the same for both individual?

[@stepbystepscience]

We don't really say the total charge "over" the two caps....it is really about the charge stored on the capacitors or the potential difference across the capacitors. If their capacitances are different, then the charge and the potential differences will also be different.