Electrical+Systems

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/Hbase/electric/watcir2.html#c5 This link shows the relationship between pressure, voltage, and current. http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/dc.htm This link tells about the type of battery we are going to be using. http://www.google.com/patents?id=aydkAAAAEBAJ&pg=PP1&dq=grey+water+powered+generators&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=0_1This is a picture of an idea similar to ours. A type of DC current in which half of the original AC signal wave is blocked, so that the resulting DC signal rises from zero to a maximum, and then returns to zero. Where do all these 'experts' come from? Batteries are DC; they generate voltage in only one direction, and they have a polarity of positive and negative.

Household AC voltage is created by spinning turbines. Halfway through the spin, the voltage is going one direction, and as it completes the spin, the voltage changes to the opposite direction. Polarity doesn't matter as the electricity flows alternately in each direction.

Most power packs for devices take household AC voltage and drop it down, as well as convert it, to DC voltage. But there are some power packs that simply drop the voltage down withOUT converting it to DC. It's still AC, and that's what your pedal requires. A battery will not function.

There is also a third kind of power pack that provides a pulsating DC voltage. It's not AC since it only goes one direction, but it's not DC either, as it continually goes from 0v to maximum repeatedly. AC, DC, and pulsating DC power packs are not compatible with each other. Batteries by their very nature are direct current (DC) devices. No, if the appliance requires AC input, the battery will not work. It is possible to have inverters to change DC to AC, but as your question is posted, the answers are DC and no.

You can get AC adapters to provide 9 volts DC from house current, and there are transformer devices to reduce house current to lower voltages.