DC GENERATORS

Answer the following questions;

1. Generators convert mechanical motion to electrical energy using what principle?

2. What rule should you use to determine the direction of induced emf in a coil?
3. What is the purpose of the slip rings?
4. Why is no emf induced in a rotating coil when it passes through the neutral plane?
5. What component causes a generator to produce dc voltage rather than ac voltage at its output terminals?
6. At what point should brush contact change from one commutator segment to the next?
7. An elementary, single coil, dc generator will have an output voltage with how many pulsations
8. How many commutator segments are required in a two-coil generator?
9. How can field strength be varied in a practical dc generator?
10. What causes sparking between the brushes and the commutator?