Confused AC generators (1 Viewer)

[Budz]

Um just on Ac generators
At power plants usually 3-phase generation occcurs..
does this mean that instead of current changing direction every half turn does it change ever 1/3 of a turn

 

[richz]

actually i think it changes every 1/6 of a turn because for single phase generators, there is only one pair of coils but for 3 phase there are 3 pairs of coils

correct me if im rong

 

[Budz]

Well considering it took like ages for someone to answer, Thanx by the way but i looked it up, Three phase means that there are three AC currents being produced so there are three slip rings so it changes ever 180 degrees