AC/DC (disambiguation)

AC/DC are an Australian hard rock band, named after the two types of electric mains power.

AC/DC or AC-DC can refer to any device that runs on alternating current (AC) and/or direct current (DC), two types of mains power.

AC/DC may also refer to:

Electronics

  • AC/DC converter, or rectifier, a device that converts AC to DC
  • AC/DC motor, a type of electric motor that runs on AC or DC
  • AC/DC receiver, broadcast receivers from the early days of radio and television that ran from AC or DC mains
  • AC/DC supply, power supply
  • The historical commercial Battle of Currents between distributors of AC or DC as mains power
  • Power inverter, a device that converts DC to AC

Music

Other uses

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with AC/DC
  • All pages with titles containing AC/DC
  • ACDSee, a shareware image viewer program
  • ACDC (disambiguation)
  • AC (disambiguation)
  • DC (disambiguation)
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