Do you know, our house bulbs are switched on-off 100 times in one second? The reason is AC. Let us explore. Take a cell in a remote device. It supplies a steady 1.5 volt. Here current flows in only one direction. That is, the negative electrons flow from negative to positive. And the conventional current said to flow from positive to negative. This is what is called direct current or DC. All chemical batteries, cells supply DC. And all the electronic devices will only function using DC. Producing DC is still a costly affair. Faraday gave us a 'method' (AC) to produce electricity cheaply and easily. The method: " If there is relative motion between a coil of wire and a magnetic field, the electric volt is generated in the coil." If a coil is rotated within a magnetic field ...
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