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What would happen to a capacitor becoming short-circuited ?

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What would happen to a capacitor becoming short-circuited due to an internal fault. Theres a series resistor with a 1 M ohm value and the d.c. is 150v.

Does the capcitor still work, charge and dis- charge. Does current still flow in this part of a circuit as it only contains 2 parallel reisitors in series with 1 Mohm resistor and the capacitor in between.

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  1. Since the current through it will be less than150 microamps, nothing will happen to the capacitor.  

    A previous respondents says "then you only have a 1M resistor going to ground."

    Strange, the question doesn't mention anything about "ground".  


  2. kaboom!!

    Actually, DC (direct current) is useless to a capacitor in steady state, it charges or discharges only with AC (alternating current). I assume the internal fault has to be instigated by you by trying to beat it with a hammer, hence kaboom!!

  3. Capacitor will discharge, rate depending on farad value!

  4. If the capacitor shorts, then you only have a 1M resistor going to ground.  A shorted capacitor often acts as a piece of wire!  The capacitor no longer acts like a capacitor and holds no charge.  Current flows as if the capacitor were not there and a wire put in its place.  That is what "short" means.

    The last part of your question is too confusing to answer.   Sorry...

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