Why Can’t We Store AC in Batteries instead of DC?

 

Why AC Can’t be Stored in Batteries like DC?

We cannot store AC in batteries because AC changes their polarity up to 50 (When frequency = 50 Hz) or 60 (When frequency = 60 Hz) times in a second. Therefore the battery terminals keep changing i.e. Positive (+ve) becomes Negative (-Ve) and vice versa, but the battery cannot change their terminals with the same speed so that’s why we can’t store AC in Batteries.

In addition, when we connect a battery with AC Supply, then it will charge during positive half cycle and discharge during negative half cycle, because the Positive (+ve) half cycle canceles the Negative (-Ve) half cycle, so the average voltage or current in a complete cycle is Zero. So there is no chance to store AC in the Batteries.