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Is power line current ac current?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Yes it is AC.

AC means Alternating Current in which the current flows first one way and then flows the other way. The current from a battery is DC, Direct Current, in which the current constantly flows one way only.

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