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Dynamo (storage system)

A dynamo is like a magical box that can store energy. Imagine you're playing with your toys and your parents ask you to clean them up before going to bed. You gather your toys into a box and put it in your closet. The box is like a dynamo, it stores your toys until you want to play with them again the next day.

But instead of toys, a dynamo stores electricity. Imagine you have a bunch of toys that are powered by little batteries. A bunch of those toys together could make electricity like a magic spell. The dynamo can hold onto that electricity and release it whenever you want to use it.

Just like how your toy box has limitations on how many toys it can store, a dynamo also has limits on how much electricity it can hold. But if you need more electricity, you can connect many dynamos together like a chain of magic boxes.

Dynamos are very important because they allow us to use electricity even when the source is not always available. For example, when the sun is not shining, a solar panel won't produce electricity, but a dynamo can store the power generated when the sun is shining and we can use it when the sun is not out.

So, dynamos are like little magic boxes that store electricity so we can use it whenever we need it.
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