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I love the symmetry of capacitors and inductors. It's just so elegant. Inductors: store energy in a magnetic field, pass DC, block AC Capacitors: stor

by juancn 8mo ago

I love the symmetry of capacitors and inductors. It's just so elegant. Inductors: store energy in a magnetic field, pass DC, block AC Capacitors: store energy in an electric field, pass AC, block DC I'm omitting a bunch of edge cases, but it feels so nice.

alhirzel 8mo ago
Don't forget about ELI the ICE man!
waerhert 8mo ago
Agreed! And also, Total capacitance in series is 1/C1 + 1/C2, while in parallel is C1 + C2. Total inductance in series is L1 + L2, while in parallel is 1/L1 + 1/L2