Can somebody please answer my question on how the capacitors are charged?
When switch closed for both circuits:
BOTTOM CIRCUIT
Electrons flow from battery -ve terminal to bottom plate of capacitor, making it -ve. At same time, electrons flow from top plate of capacitor to +ve battery terminal. In this way, current doesn't actually flow THROUGH capacitor, but flows to and from capacitor plates from battery, this is how capacitor develops charge.
TOP CIRCUIT: (my question)
The TOP PLATE of BOTTOM capacitor is not connected direct to +ve battery terminal like in bottom circuit (it has insulator layer of top capacitor blocking electron flow), so HOW does this plate develop +ve charge?
Similarly, HOW does bottom plate of top capacitor develop -ve charge, because it is not connected directly to battery -ve terminal like in bottom circuit (there is insulative layer of bottom capacitor stopping electrons flowing from -ve battery terminal to bottom plate of top capacitor?
