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What is true about AC electricity?

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11y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

The current and voltage reverse twice for each cycle of the supply. That is 100 times per second on a 50 Hz supply. This behaviour is used because it allows the power to converted from one voltage to another easily and efficiently by the use of a transformer.

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