RUTHWELL, a parish, in the county of Dumfries containing the village of Clarencefield, 7Â½ miles (W. by N.) from Annan.
This is the basis of generation in rotating machines. You can produce a current in a conductor by connecting opposite ends to the + and-poles of a battery, but don't try this with your car battery or you will burn out the conductor and produce a lot of heat. It is safer to use a small dry battery.
Review. 1  AC, or alternating current means the electrical current is alternating directions in a repetitive pattern. 2  AC is created by generators in power plants, and other sources. 3  The frequency of repetition of this current is 60 Hertz.