He taputapu miihini ngā whakaputa hiko e huri ana i ētahi atu momo pūngao hei pūngao hiko. Ka peia e te tāpine wai, te tāpine mamaoa, te miihini tīhiera, ētahi atu mīhini hiko rānei, ā, ka huri i te pūngao i puta mai i te rere o te wai, te rere o te hau, te tahunga wahie, te wehenga karihi rānei hei pūngao miihini ka tukuna ki te whakaputa hiko, ka hurihia hei pūngao hiko.
E whakamahia whānuitia ana ngā mīhini whakaputa hiko i roto i ngā mahi ahumahi me ngā mahi ahuwhenua, te tiaki whenua, te pūtaiao me te hangarau me te oranga o ia rā. He maha ngā āhua o ngā mīhini whakaputa hiko, engari ko ā rātou mātāpono mahi e ahu mai ana i te ture o te whakapūngao hikohiko me te ture o te kaha hikohiko. Nō reira, ko te mātāpono whānui o tōna hanganga ko: me ngā rauemi aukume me ngā rauemi kawe hiko e tika ana hei hanga i te ara iahiko aukume me te ara iahiko, kia puta ai te mana hikohiko, kia tutuki ai te kaupapa o te hurihanga pūngao. Ko te nuinga o te wā, he mea tito te mīhini whakaputa hiko mai i te stator, te rotor, te taupoki pito me te peera.
Ko te stator he mea hanga mai i te matua stator, te takai o te waea, te anga me ētahi atu wāhanga hanganga e whakau ana i ēnei wāhanga.
Kei roto i te rotor te uho o te rotor (te pou aukume, te kōkō aukume rānei), he mowhiti tiaki, he mowhiti pokapū, he mowhiti paheke, he pā me te rakau hurihuri, me ētahi atu.
Ko te whāriki me te uhi pito ka waiho hei stator o te generator, ka honoa te rotor ki tetahi ki tetahi, kia taea ai e te rotor te huri i roto i te stator, ka mahi i te nekehanga o te tapahi i te raina kaha aukume, ka whakaputa i te pūmanawa whakaawe, mā te arai pito, ka honoa i roto i te koropiko, ka whakaputa i te iahiko.
