Re: Do newer machines use alternators or generator

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
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