Capacitor blocks DC supply

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A capacitor is two conductive plates separated by an insulator. DC doesn't flow very well through an essentially open circuit.

As far as explaining it with equations, the current through a capacitor is:

Ic = C * (dv/dt)

No changing voltage means no current through the component.
 

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