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    How does circuit complete when using live wire tester?

    I raise this question because at a fundamental level I still do not understand how a Capacitor works and how a circuit completes thru capacitor. The live electric tester screwdriver uses stray body capacitance to lit a neon when one end comes in contact with live wire and another with a human...
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    Burnt wire - How to investigate the cause?

    On my laptop the power plug that goes to the mains is US type (3 Pin B). My country uses Type D socket at the mains. The charger is universal 110/230V 60/50 Hz I opted for both options. A. I bought a simple converter whose female end plugs into US type and Male end plugs into Socket D. So I...
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    BIOS and UEFI: Unraveling the Confusion

    For me BIOS and UEFI is all now confusing :-) Is there any element similar to BIOS in UEFI? When a UEFI based PC starts, is there any BIOS component, 16 Bit real mode starting from Reset Vector that still runs and then it actually loads UEFI or is it the UEFI firmware right from the very...
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    Is the Eternal Bliss of Learning in Physics Real?

    Hello Everyone. I am ki_2004 from India. Very much interested in electronics, computers and astronomy.
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