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Is a 9 volt battery ac or DC?
All Batteries are DC or Direct Current.
What is the difference between electricity in a battery vs the electricity in an electrical outlet?
One is AC and the other is DC. AC- alternating current is used in electrical outlets DC- direct current is used in batteries. An electrical outlet in your house would have 120 volts (the ones you use most, your tv, lights, radio are plugged into) or 240 volts (the ones your stove and dryer plug into). A battery voltage varies widely: AA & AAA batteries have 1.5 volts, a 9 volt battery has 9 volts, your car battery has 12 volts.
Is a AC adapter the same as a charger?
An ac adapter converts ac current into dc current through a rectifier, and a battery charger outputs dc current at an adjustable powerful charging rate and also converts ac current to dc current to charge different sizes of batteries.
How electricity travels through power cords?
It's called Alternating Current (AC) as opposed to Direct Current (DC/batteries).
Are Household appliances AC or DC?
kettles generally run on alternating current (AC) as do most household appliances. although the heating element can run on either alternating or direct current (ac or dc) as long as the voltage is the same. for example if you were to plug your kettle into your car battery it wouldn't do very much if anything. however if you were to wire ten car batteries in series ( thus creating 120 volts dc) the kettle would heat up as it normally would.
Will a 120 volt AC to 12 volt AC adapter charge a car battery?
No, auto batteries are DC not AC.
Is a 9 volt battery ac or DC?
All Batteries are DC or Direct Current.
Is car battery ac or DC volts?
Batteries by definition have to be DC. While u can convert DC to AC, with a device called an Inverter, none is built into a car battery. and chances are your car doesn't even have an Inverter anywhere in it. so car is DC. in addition modern cars use 12 volts, and for the record, AC and DC are not a "type of volt," they are types of current, (Direct Current, Alternating Current).
Is there a device that can be plugged into a vehicles cigarette lighter that you can plug an electrical chord into?
Yes there is. They are not commonly available. The device is called an "inverter". In a solar cell installation on a house, the solar cells produce direct current (DC) and charge batteries, such as 12 volt batteries. The inverter then converts the 12 volt DC power to 110 volts AC, or house current. In a car, you need to take 12 volts DC from the battery and convert it into 110 volt AC power, to plug in say a household apppliance. You would need to go to a car accessories company (look for one on the web). A caution: since you are converting 12 volts to110 volts, the current drawn from the car will be about 9 times as many amperes as the AC current rating on the 110 volt household appliance. For any sizeable appliance, this will over-tax the current capacity of the cigarette lighter. First, the fuse in the car will blow. If you intend to use a 110 volt appliance regularly from a car, then you can buy a large inverter that can be mounted in the car and wired to the battery. Depends on what kind of appliance you are trying to run.
Will a 120 volt AC to 12 volt AC adapter charge a 12 volt car battery?
No, the battery is DC not AC.
Why a bulb of 60 watt glow in 220 volt of ac?
the 220 volt bulp in 220 volt ac current
Batteries are car batteries ac or DC?
dc
Is batteries alternative current or directly current?
Batteries store DC, or Direct Current. The correct term for AC is Alternating Current.
Does 110 use direct current?
No. 110 volt is AC current
Is the electricity from batteries AC or DC?
Direct current
Can you run a 12 volt ac water pump with a 12 volt dc adapter?
No. You need 12 volt AC to run a 12 volt AC motor, not 12 volt DC.
Can DC bulbs work on AC current?
Yes- ac or dc makes no difference to a regular light bulb. However, it must be the correct voltage. DC bulbs used on a car are 12 volt, and household AC current is 120-240 volts.
