1. What is DC and AC, what is the difference between DC and AC?

DC refers to direct current, direct current refers to the electric current in the circuit always flows in one direction, generally speaking, the direct current circuit is relatively simple, and this current compared to alternating current, direct current voltage is constant, direct current circuit is widely used in the field of power transmission, as an example, the power output of the solar panels in your home and the power output of the battery are direct current.

AC refers to alternating current, this kind of power is much more complicated than direct current, first of all, the direction and size of the current of alternating current will show periodic changes over time, and the voltage in the alternating current circuit will also show periodic changes over time, usually showing sinusoidal waveforms, it is worth mentioning that, alternating current in long-distance power transmission will be more efficient than direct current, so it is widely used in the power grid transmission and household loads. Therefore, it is widely used in grid transmission and household loads.

2. What is peak AC current?

As we all know, the size of AC current has a periodic change, and AC current peak refers to the highest point in the sine wave curve at the corresponding current size, when the current instantly reaches the maximum value, AC current peak and the average value of the AC current has this relationship between the average value of the AC current, Iavg is the average value of the AC current, Ipeak is the peak value of the AC current, i.e.

Iavg=Ipeak/π

3. The process of calculating AC amperage to DC amperage

If you have a peak or average of AC current, then you want to realize the conversion of AC amps to DC amps can be used in one of the following two ways, where IDC refers to the DC current, Ipeak, AC refers to the peak AC current, Iavg,AC refers to the average AC current, i.e.

I(DC)=I(peak,AC)/√2

I(DC)=I(avg,AC)×2/π

Assuming that the average size of your AC circuit is 10A, then you can substitute the following equation, resulting in a DC current amperage of 6.36A, which completes the conversion of AC amperage to DC amperage.

4. Is there a way to convert DC amps to AC amps?

There is definitely a way to convert DC current to AC current with the help of an inverter, which is a key device. This is because the inverter has the precise control of PWM technology and the processing of filters, which makes the DC current into AC current, and the common solar inverters in our life utilize this principle.

The conversion of DC amps to AC amps can also be calculated similarly to the conversion of AC amps to DC amps, you need to utilize the following formula, which is

I(peak,AC)=I(DC)×√2

I(avg,AC)=I(DC)×π/2

For example, suppose the DC circuit in your house has a current of 10A, and you want to know what the peak and average AC currents are when that DC current is converted to AC current, then you can substitute the above formulas to find out that the peak AC current is 14.14A and the average AC current is 15.72A.