AC chargers charge the battery in a shorter time period whereas, on the other hand, a dc charger takes a longer time period to fully charge the battery.

AC outlets and power sockets are very convenient and easy to use, While DC charging units have a special outlet for more power production.

AC chargers give an alternating current to the device meaning the current keeps switching back and forth whereas DC chargers can supply a constant voltage or current to the battery and it does not change its direction.

The expected life of an AC-charged battery is greater than a DC-charged battery which makes AC chargers more potent.

AC chargers are used more in homes as compared to DC chargers.

AC chargers can damage or destroy some electrical circuits, which are specially designed for DC chargers.

When purchasing chargers for a device there are two types of chargers available, AC chargers and DC chargers. While they may sound the same they have a different variety of functions. AC charger or alternating current technically means an electric current that reverses direction in a circuit at regular time periods. The time period of the current is measured in cycles per second or hertz. A dc charger or direct current, on the other hand, means an electric current that flows in one direction only therefore it flows constantly without any interruption and hence no change from positive to negative poles or frequency. An AC charger is used to convert one AC voltage into another AC voltage. A DC charger differs from an AC charger in that the DC charger converts AC electricity into DC electricity. Both AC and DC chargers are rated for maximum power output in watts. AC and DC chargers are rated using similar units and technology but the output of both of them is different. AC chargers can damage and destroy technological devices which were designed for DC chargers because of their constantly reversing electric current whereas similarly, DC chargers will also case excess heat in such electrical components which are suited for AC chargers thus causing them to be damaged and destroyed. Due to the reversing of electric current that is back and forth, we have AC current in all our electricity lines used in our homes whereas on the other hand to charge bigger electrical appliances AC current is converted to DC current and is then DC charger is used because of its constant electric current nature. This makes AC charger to be more complicated than DC chargers.

DC chargers are supplied with a direct current that is the current stays constant and does not shift back and forth. DC chargers are just simply chargers. They do not have built-in regulators or rectifiers to convert the electric current. It has filtering components; these components keep a check on the stability of the direct current. DC chargers are basically simple chargers. DC chargers do not change their result on the basis of the time duration for which the battery has been put to charge. Technically all batteries are charged by DC adapters. Most common examples of these are your hand-held mobile phones, your tablets and laptops, and many other daily use devices and appliances.

There are different types of phone chargers which we use but don’t know much about them. This article has therefore given a good look at the two main types, AC and DC charges which are very different from each other even though they perform the same task. Hopefully, after reading the article this problem would be cleared.