I made a capacitor following the instructions on this site http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-A-Water-Bottle-Capacitor/
Does anyone know how it works?
I'm trying to charge a capacitor with a van de graaff generator. Where do I put the positive and negative nodes on a generator like this http://www.chrisbrenton.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/van-de-graff.jpg
Homework Statement
I have to make a van de graaff generator for my physics class.
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The Attempt at a Solution
I put it together and it doesn't work at all. Please help. Is the reason it isn't working is that i don't have a glass tube or something else?
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