Submitted by ghostfreckle611 t3_117miwl in explainlikeimfive
mmmmmmBacon12345 t1_j9cvsaw wrote
When you run a current through a wire it creates a magnetic field. Flip that current on and off real quick and you'll get a vibrating wire. Coil that wire up real tight to make an inductor and now you've got a thing vibrating at a high frequency and possibly having an audible frequency getting kicked off
Coils vibrate, it's just what they do. Normally they're running at hundreds of kilohertz to megahertz so it's way beyond audible range but sometimes it makes the core rattle at an audible frequency, but it's hard to fix by winding differently
Common solutions are a big dollop of hot glue(yeah, just normal hot glue, it's cheap) or dipping the coil/transformer in varnish (clear nail polish). Both solutions just bind things together better so they can't move/vibrate as well
ghostfreckle611 OP t1_j9df7q3 wrote
Thanks for the explanation.
I’m going to look up some more on the hot glue thing. Don’t want to ruin anything, but I’m intrigued.
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