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firstly a galvanometer instrument measures very small amounts of current flow

of a D,C, nature / type .

an a.c. type circuit is likely to be of a high magnitude , such that it would render the instrument unusable and dangerous to the operator .

also a galvanometer by design is known as a moving coil type meter ,

if an ac signal were to be connected to this, the rate of change of the ac signal voltage would be so fast / frequent that the user would be unaware that the signal is currently changing

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