In reply to John Berry's message of Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:27:45 +1300: Hi, [snip] >In a 2 plate capacitor when together the field strength is concentrated more >on the inside of the 2 plates, while there is the same net field once >separated now it is spread out, and the field of the opposite plate isn't in >range so actually it is a lot weaker. [snip] I guess it depends on how far apart they are pulled. Regards,
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