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Re: Do newer machines use alternators or generator
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Posted by frankiee on March 07, 2007 at 08:36:01 from (74.120.20.90):
In Reply to: Re: Do newer machines use altenators or generators posted by souNdguy on March 07, 2007 at 07:58:42:
Thank you everyone I think I got that cleared up now. What I call alternators are here and what I call generators are gone now. I find that even portable generators have the field as the rotor. My confusion mostly lay with my electrical teacher saying that the generator producing a "better" quality current. So I "assumed" that alternators were a cheaper more versatile way to produce current and that larger units could still use a generator for a "quality" power production. I was wrong. I don't know what my electrical teacher was saying by "a better quality current" I guess I will never know. I think if everyone is using alternators where the armature is stationary and the field is rotating then that must be a better way. Thank you Question answered
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