Alternating fields produce AC and moving fields produce DC, the latter is what I am going to concentrate on, DC.
The faster you can move that field the greater the induced voltage and current into whatever medium you have.
In multi-plate electrolysis cells, you normally have neutral plates (not connected directly), but in electrolysis, you have a liquid electrolyte where the ions in the electrolyte create this connection. In a capacitor (AC) there is no electrolyte, but in a multi-plate capacitor you can have neutral plates by connecting via a diode to the ground, only electrons collect on that plate.
I hope you are starting to get an idea of where I am going with this. The NEUTRAL plate in this capacitor is an electron trap that can accumulate electron current.
This accumulated current, which has been induced by a moving magnetic field (DC) is part of a capacitor that accumulates (receives) electron current, and can also discharge this current back into the circuit.
If there is no load on the circuit, it ticks over, if a load is connected the current supplied will be subject to the load resistance, but effectively infinite current could be supplied, as in a dead short.
Run out of time atm.
Merry Christmas to all, and an interesting new year.
Mike
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