Capacitor Energy & Charge Calculator implementation

Binding contract

This record describes what an executable surface must bind and validate. It does not claim that a public calculator, package, or production route is deployed.

Record owner

Guth Instruments

Lifecycle

verified-clean

Evidence ID

t5-101

Effect

Computation or source lookup only

Input and validation requirements

Extreme finite inputs overflow JavaScript arithmetic to Infinity for both outputs. Additionally, the specification claims RC charge time but supplies no resistance, time constant, or RC-time formula, so that output cannot be computed from the stated inputs and formulas.

Required corrections

No binding erratum is attached to this unique-name record. Implementers must still preserve the declared units, domain, and failure behavior.

Inspectable interface fixture

The sample below is evidence for interface and validation tests, not a production implementation.

{
  "inputs": {
    "C": 100,
    "C_unit": "uF",
    "V": 12,
    "V_unit": "V"
  },
  "expected_outputs": {
    "E_J": 0.0072,
    "Q_C": 0.0012
  },
  "working": "Convert capacitance: 100 uF = 100 x 10^-6 F = 0.0001 F. Energy: E = 1/2 x C x V^2 = 1/2 x 0.0001 x 12^2 = 0.5 x 0.0001 x 144 = 0.0072 J. Charge: Q = C x V = 0.0001 x 12 = 0.0012 C."
}

Other records

Sources and evidence

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• VERIFIED_LEDGER.json
• evidence-tranche5/tranche5-results.json