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Hey YouTube, well I'm working on a new project here. I've been really interested in seeing
if I can quantify the power output of the different motors I have. The 2-stroke Ryobi's,
and the new 4-strokes. So I was looking around on the internet and I thought I'd try to build
a little dynamometer using a DC motor and I went and found a free treadmill and took
it apart. So this is the start of a new project. You can see I've still got the treadmill motor
and the controller and the choke transformer and some other components. I just wanted to
show how this makes a lot of power with just a little bit of energy into it. This is a
nice strong motor. It's rated at 21.4 amps, 6700 rpm, and 95 volts DC it will make 1.5
horsepower continuous. It looks like it's rated at 2.65 horsepower. So, I've got a couple
of ideas for this little guy. It uses the micro-v belt with the J profile. This the
belt that came off the treadmill. I rigged up just a little demonstration how much power
this little motor puts out with just a push from the hand. I have a little green LED down
here and I'll just give this fly wheel a quick push. You'll see it lights up for a second.
I'm pretty excited about this project. I've ordered some more parts that should get here
soon. I have a digital tachometer coming which I'll use to monitor RPM's on the flywheel,
and then I also ordered a ammeter and voltmeter digital dual thing so that will help me to
calculate the wattage that's being produced as I connect those different engines that
I'm going to test. The Ryobi 2-stroke, the 4-stroke, and then a couple others that I
have so watch for the next video as I start to put this little DC motor dynamometer together.