Of course, at DC, a capacitor doesn’t conduct any better than the insulator used as its dielectric. However, a DC voltage has to start sometime and when it does, it briefly looks like AC.

On the October 14, 2024, a design idea (DI) by Nick Cornford entitled “ To press ON or hold OFF? This does both ” appeared. It is a very interesting DI for DC voltages, but what about AC voltages? Wow ...