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Hi, Can a fan produce electricity? My teacher expects me to know this but I don`t have a clue. If you know about this please give me a few of your ideas.

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"That way the movement will create electricity rather than the electricity creating movement..."

Yes, it can. It simply works as a generator. Place the wires onto a meter, rathe than in a plug. Then turn the fan, either by hand or with another fan. That way the movement will create electricity rather than the electricity creating movement. It`s just a simple wind turbine.

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"Use of mains current to run a fan is with a sort of ac..."

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"The generator that it is driving will produce..."

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