Hi this is Barry.
Welcome back to the workshop.
In this video I'm going to answer some questions that came up from my treadmill variable speed
motor conversion video.
Specifically, they had to do with this component right here.
It looks like a transformer, but what is it, really?
And do I need it?
And can you even tell the difference?
So stay tuned, I have some answers for you.
Ok, so here is the setup that I had at the end of my conversion video.
I have the speed controller, with the coil in the circuit, the switch, and the motor.
And then I have my 10K potentiometer that I am using to adjust the speed.
Now the question is about this component here.
This is a coil, or an inductor.
It has two wires going through it.
If it was a transformer, it would have at least four...it would have more like two pairs.
Because it has only two wires, I know that it's an inductor or a "choke" or sometimes
called a "coil".
Those are all three names for the same thing.
In theory, it should smooth out the operation of the motor.
But let's run some tests and see if that's actually true.
So I'm going to do some experiments.
I'm going to have the motor go from stopped to a slow speed,
stopped to a medium speed, slow speed to a medium speed,
medium speed to a slow speed, and then I'll put a load on it by adding some
friction.
And what we will do is listen to all those scenarios and see if we can tell the difference.
So I'm going to go ahead and turn it on.
And then I'm going to use the potentiometer, and I'm going to rotate it slowly until the
motor just starts.
Let's see how that sounds.
I head a little surge, and then it settled right in at that slow speed.
I'm going to go to a medium speed and see how quickly it finds that medium speed.
It went from slow to medium and settled right in.
I'm going to let it spin down.
There's a lot of inertia in that flywheel.
Let it find that new speed.
And again, one little surge and it settled right in.
I'm going to do one more experiment where I go from stopped to a medium speed.
I'm going to put my hand on here to simulate a load.
OK.
In all those experiments, there was a little surge as it sought to reacquire that speed,
but it settled in on that new speed pretty quickly, with one little bit of effort.
Now I'm going to turn the power off and then I'm going to disconnect the inductor.
Fortunately, this has terminals here.
So this is out of the circuit.
I'm going to take the black wire from the motor and plug it directly into the speed
controller.
Turn the power on and we'll repeat those experiments.
Start by going to a slow speed...
I don't know if you heard that, but it had a harder start, then it backed off, then it
surged again.
It had a couple of oscillations.
Let's try it again to see if we can hear it...
So there are two or three oscillations before it settled on that slow speed.
I'm going to take it up to the medium speed.
And again, I can hear it pulsing and backing off...
I'm going to turn it back to a slower speed and let it find that new speed, as the fly
wheel spins down.
There are maybe two oscillations there before it went from the medium speed to the slow
speed.
I'm going to put it back on the medium speed and do a little load.
Let it settle down.
I hope you heard that.
I hear about two to three oscillations each time as it settles in on the new speed.
It's definitely not as smooth as it is WITH the inductor in the circuit.
So hopefully that answers the questions.
What is it?
It's not a transformer, but an inductor.
Does it do anything?
Can you tell the difference?
YES.
It smooths out the behavior of the motor.
Do you need it?
Well, maybe... maybe not.
It's up to you if you want that added benefit.
I'm going to leave it in place because I want my motor to turn and transition a little more
smoothly.
But I don't know any reason why you must run with it.
But you definitely can tell the difference.
So I hope you enjoyed this video.
I hope it helps answer some of those PRESSING QUESTIONS about variable speed treadmill motors
like, "What is that transformer-looking thing?"
And "Can I even tell what it does?"
And "Do I even need it?"
Well, it's an inductor or "choke" and you CAN tell the difference.
It smooths out the motor, And do you need it?
Well, that's up to you.
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Take care!
I'll see you next time.

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