Why DC excitation is used for alternators? Why cant it be AC?

Answer Posted / sangeetha.np

When it is of Ac it behaves like a transformer by means of
the induction principle as there are two windings ie
armature and field windings. So in order to produce a
constant mag field we go for DC.

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