What is the difference between a....?

Question:
alternator and a direct current generator?

Answers:

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alternator makes A/C current, a generator make D/C current.
A/C switches polarity on a regular time period, D/C stays the same polarity at all times.

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My Emissions light came on in my car...What is wrong?

Alternetor provides alternating current and direct current generator genertates, well, direct current.

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How much cost 1 liter of gasoline and ethanol in the USA?

Err ... Basically, what the two answers above is saying is that they function differently but provide the same thing to your car. (Electricity) AND your car is built to use one or the other - they are not interchangable and you won't have both. Make sense?

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How much is it to ship a car from Guam to California?

Everyone else has pretty much covered the answer

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What gives you better gas mileage? AC or windows down?

A generator produces straight DC current. An alternator produces AC...for Alternating Current, but uses a bridge rectifier (Diodes) inside to convert the AC to DC - Direct Current. You car uses DC current.

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