11-10-2015, 12:05 AM
(16-09-2015, 08:12 PM)Alan Douglas Wrote: And strictly speaking, a "generator" puts out DC while an "alternator" supplies AC. However everyone talks about their "emergency generators" for household power, or "portable generators" to run tools a on a jobsite, so one just has to go with the flow.
Interesting.....
I thought generator was a general term for a machine that generates electricity of whatever flavour. Specific dc machines being dynamos and ac machines, alternators.
I suspect there may also be a touch of British vs American terminology clouding the issue as well.
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