{"id":10906,"date":"2024-09-17T08:14:48","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T02:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/?p=10906"},"modified":"2024-09-17T08:14:49","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T02:44:49","slug":"learning-a-bit-on-capacitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/learning-a-bit-on-capacitors\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning a Bit on Capacitors!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nep6cLfX9rc?si=HW5QBIhgAcLtZfYh\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nCapacitors were also called as condensers earlier. Even now, capacitor mics are known as condenser mics! The ones which I am showing are electrolytic capacitors with a polarity. 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