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EskimoJones
I've recently started learning about astable multivibrators. I understand that the capacitors in a circuit like the one below create the alternating current by charging up one at a time, and once they are charged up and the BJT next to them is closed, they get a negative potential which turns off the BJT on the other side by stopping current from reaching them. What I don't get, is how a capacitor getting a negative charge will stop current from the battery from going to the BJT all together. If, say, the transistor on the left is closed and C1 is charging, I feel that current from R2 should be able to split off at the junction to go left through C1 and right to the BJT on the right.