EEVblog #486 - Does Current Flow Through A Capacitor?
Why Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange recommends it
Electronics Stack Exchange commenters link it when beginners ask how current can 'pass through' a capacitor whose plates are insulated from each other.
Recommended by 4 people across 4 different months, 2014 to 2019.
What it is
Dave Jones of EEVblog tackles the question of whether current flows through a capacitor, distinguishing conduction current (moving charges) from displacement current (changing electric field, from Maxwell's work). He explains why the answer depends on which type of current you mean and points to a measurement of displacement current. It is a 17-minute talking-head explainer with bench-style commentary.
What people said
Recommends Josip Medved · 2014-06 · Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange · on “Current through Capacitor, how is it possible? How does it relate to displacement current?”
Do check Dave's EEVblog with exactly that as a topic: EEVblog #486 - Does Current Flow Through A Capacitor? ( link [this video] )
Recommends Sarrk · 2015-03 · Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange · on “A few questions about basic capacitor concepts”
Current "in" a capacitor is not real electrons and wire current but instead "displacement current", a quantity that helped reconcile Maxwell's Laws of Electromagnetism. EEVBlog Dave might help you understand this: [this video]
Recommends AngeloQ · 2017-03 · Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange · on “how does capacitor work ? how do they conduct electricity ?”
This is a very broad question - you should start with the Wikipedia page on caps, or some of the plenty of the other information on caps available online. But the specific question about current 'through' caps (which have isolated plates) is very interesting. I found this video helpful in explaining that. [this video]
Recommends G36 · 2019-04 · Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange · on “Confusion about current flow”
And you shouldn't use the "electron" current. You should forget about it and treat the current as an abstract thing that is flowing in the circuits. [this video] and this [LINK]