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Electrified Lawn Care
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07-30-2012, 06:58 AM
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Re: Electrified Lawn Care
One is a spare -- works for me since even if I can make it on one battery swapping out in the middle should improve the battery longevity.
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07-30-2012, 07:39 AM
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Re: Electrified Lawn Care
The Neuton mowers will give you 45-60 minutes of run time new with their lead-acids. Mine was strong for 4 years, started do decline in the 5th and I limped it through the 6th. It was down to about 30 min before it when kaput. Again, I was not taking care of it properly (left it charging 24/7).
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07-30-2012, 08:19 AM
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Re: Electrified Lawn Care
What size is your lawn? Mine is right at 0.3 acre and if I mow it leisurely I'm at at 1hr + (lots of structures to mow around). The fastest I ever mowed it was at basically a jogging speed and I completed it in 25min... but that isn't something I'd like to repeat on a regular basis. 
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07-30-2012, 08:47 AM
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Re: Electrified Lawn Care
My lawn is tiny. It takes me at most 30 minutes. I wanted a condo and my wife wanted a single family, so this was a good compromise. We are 4th house from a dead end and a river with a nature walk, over the foot bridge are the high school ball fields, tons of green space, and I'm not the one who needs to mow it!
When I was a teenager, I had to mow our 1.5 acres + my grandparents 1 acre next door. With ride-on mower plus using the push mower to get all the spots unreachable by the ride-on, it took about 3 hours. Thus the desire to minimize . .
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07-30-2012, 08:49 AM
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Re: Electrified Lawn Care
I actually don't mind the time too much ("thinking time" I call it) but the health of any batteries I might use for the job have me concerned.
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07-30-2012, 08:56 AM
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Re: Electrified Lawn Care
Keep the batteries in a cool place.. if they are LiFePO4 charge them to 100% when not in use.
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07-30-2012, 10:14 AM
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Re: Electrified Lawn Care
I did not realize it came with two batteries. That does make a big difference! H
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07-30-2012, 03:11 PM
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Re: Electrified Lawn Care
It looks like it is built by t he same company that built my corded mower. Are there ball bearings in the wheels? Lithium battery is warrantied for 4 years -- not bad.
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07-30-2012, 05:56 PM
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Re: Electrified Lawn Care
Sounds like you'd be buying a battery every 4-5 years. I'd say that's bad, or at least not good.
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08-01-2012, 08:50 AM
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Re: Electrified Lawn Care
Looks like a very interesting battery for an electric bike, an RC plane or even reconfigured as a starting battery for a car.
http://www.mowersdirect.com/GreenWor...roduct+portals
1.35kg, 2000 cycles, 2 year warranty and only $120.. sounds a lot like a LiFePO4 chemistry. Hopefully the warranty is real. |
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