Dave proves he has no fear by opening this can of electronic worms by posing the question - "Does Current Flow Through A Capacitor?" The answer may surprise you, or drive you into a physics induced rage... Turns out you can measure the displacement current: http://personal.rhul.ac.uk/uhap/027/PH2420/PH2420_files/displacement.pdf NOTE: before commenting, please watch and understand that there are TWO types of currents. Vent your rage here: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-486-does-current-flow-through-a-capacitor/ Thanks to KedasProbe for pointing out this doco video on Maxwell & the Displacement current!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdoL8IOwJw0 EEVblog Main Web Site: http://www.eevblog.com/ EEVblog Amazon Store: http://astore.amazon.com/eevblogstore-20 Donations: http://www.eevblog.com/donations/ Projects: http://www.eevblog.com/projects/ Electronics Info Wiki: http://www.eevblog.com/wiki/