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Thanks Doc Al, I think my problem was that I was using unrealistically high values for 'd' (1 meter or more), it makes sense now.

Hi all. I'm struggling to understand something about PP capacitors. Let's say there is no battery connected to a PP capacitor. Why does the potential (V) INCREASE when the plates are moved farther apart? - we know that: dv = -Ed (in a constant E) however as d increases, E...