So I was on a train and got curious how waterwheels and wind turbines and everything of the sort make electricity so like any normal person would I searched it up. And on google I kid you not all the responses were “it spins the generator making electricity” like what am I dumb or does to at make no sence and explains nothing please help.
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Generators are basically just electron pumps. It doesn’t create anything. Free electrons are present in copper wire, and electrons are pushed/pulled by magnets. By spinning a magnet around a loop of wire you push the electrons through the wire to wherever they need to go.
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