• Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Yup. A diesel generator is an engine. It’s just hooked to an alternator instead of a transmission.

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      7 days ago

      Yeah I wasn’t confused by the diesel generator, but typically electric motors are smaller and simple enough that they’re not considered an engine.