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What is the device that converts motion-based or fuel-based power into electric power for use in an external circuit?
What is the device that converts motion-based or fuel-based power into electric power for use in an external circuit?
- Capacitor
- Transformer
- Rectifier
- Generator (correct)
Who invented the first electromagnetic generator in 1831?
Who invented the first electromagnetic generator in 1831?
- Nikola Tesla
- Thomas Edison
- Michael Faraday (correct)
- James Clerk Maxwell
What do alternators generate?
What do alternators generate?
- Direct current
- Alternating current (correct)
- Pulsing direct current
- Variable current
Which part of a generator is the rotating component?
Which part of a generator is the rotating component?
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What surrounds the rotor in a generator?
What surrounds the rotor in a generator?
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