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'Hertz' is the modern name for 'cycles per second' and represents how many times an alternating current (AC) changes from + to - per second and has nothing to do with voltage that can be either AC or DC. Tus if you have an alternator and can rotate the shaft 60 times per second with a voltage of 120 volts you will produce the same AC voltage that you find in your wall outlet (Alternators produce AC while generators produce DC electricity.

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