Re: Impedance, Mechanical, Electrical

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Original poster: <davep@xxxxxxxx>


> I think it's fantastic that you are trying to put
> complex concepts into laymans terms. I'd like to
> suggest one "tweak". I've always thought that to
> describe a capacitor as "storing charge" didn't make
> sense. It stores energy, not charge. Energy and charge
> are different.
   Analogies can be powerful, can also be confusing.

> Of course, that may confuse them even more, since
> we're all taught by "expert" books and professors that
> a cap stores "charge".
   What, then, does  a cap store?

    best
      dwp