When we touch the terminals of a high voltage capacitor, even after a high voltage has been cut-off, then the capacitor has the tendency to:

Question

When we touch the terminals of a high voltage capacitor, even after a high voltage has been cut-off, then the capacitor has the tendency to: (A) affect dangerously (B) discharge energy (C) restore energy (D) both (a) and (b)

Tardigrade Admin · Accepted Answer

A capacitor is an arrangement which can store sufficient quantity of charge.
On given a charge

Q

to a conductor, the electric potential of the conductor becomes

V

. Then the capacitance of the conductor is

C = \frac{Q}{V}

when capacitor is discharged it possesses large voltage which is dangerous.

Q. When we touch the terminals of a high voltage capacitor, even after a high voltage has been cut-off, then the capacitor has the tendency to:

affect dangerously

discharge energy

restore energy

both (a) and (b)

A capacitor is an arrangement which can store sufficient quantity of charge. On given a charge Q to a conductor, the electric potential of the conductor becomes V. Then the capacitance of the conductor is C=VQ​ when capacitor is discharged it possesses large voltage which is dangerous.