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Mulitmeter non-zero reading, nothing plugged in, EEVblog #99

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--- Quote from: twistar on June 14, 2019, 04:52:09 am ---Thus if charge built up on the input capacitor I would expect it to discharge across the resistance in a second. Even if I'm off by an order of magnitude or two it would still discharge noticeably over the course of a minute.
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If it is going to discharge there has to be a closed circuit. Where is the return path for the current?

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Wait, what? Are you suggesting that a capacitor can't be discharged by a parallel resistor?
Is it a revival of that "does current really flow through capacitors" thread? ;)

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