Synchronous Motor Starters (Part 1 of 2)

This video, published by Columbia Gorge Community College, is the first part of a two part lecture on synchronous motor starters. The lecture covers the challenges and methods of starting synchronous motors and provides an overview of various types of synchronous motor starters. In this video, presenter Jim Pytel focuses on the function of amortisseur/damper windings in accelerating the rotor of an electrically excited synchronous motor. Additionally, Pytel covers pony motors and how they can be used to accelerate a rotor and start a synchronous motor.

This video runs 11:31 minutes in length. The second part of the lecture is available to view separately