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  • Nov 7, 2004, 12:05 PM
    Zeboy
    Electromagnetic induction
    How a d.c generator can be converted to an a.c generator?
  • Nov 11, 2004, 10:26 AM
    urmod4u
    Normally, it can't due to its design (the collector is the culprit).
    AC current can be rectified to DC, so if you combine an AC generator with a rectifier, you could call this a DC generator (not entirely correct though). And this so called "DC generator" could be "converted" to an AC generator, simply by removing the rectifier.
    Likewise, to a DC generator you could connect an undulator, which converts DC to AC, and call this combination (incorrectly, again) an AC generator.
    An DC generator is called a "dynamo", an AC generator is called an "alternator". The "dynamo" on your bike actually is an alternator, so it is called a dynamo incorrectly (a historical error).

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