Based on your comments in response to our History of the Capacitor – The Pioneering Years post, there’s no shortage of the usage of the term condenser rather than capacitor. So where does the ...

It is widely used as the start-up and running capacitor that is special for micro water pump, cleaning machine, washing machine, and single-phase water pump motor.

A condenser microphone is easy enough to explain. It’s a capacitor formed from a very thin conductive sheet that functions as the diaphragm, mounted in front of another conductor, usually a ...