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Originally Posted by Angakuk
I believe that those were known as "wind chargers" and they delivered DC power that was not converted to AC. Some homes were wired for 12 or 24 volt lighting and the batteries were charged from a wind charger.
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Charger, generator, same thing in my parlance, they are both DC output. If it makes AC, it's an alternator. I would almost bet money that yours is a DC generator too, but there's an inverter in the circuit to convert it to AC.
And you are correct about the voltages. I've seen many an old system, usually housed in the farm house's cellar that used six volt batteries wired in series to be 12 or 24 volts, six volt batteries because they were common in those days, in cars, trucks, and tractors.