Comments on: DIY Solar Powered Lawnmower harnesses power of the sun to decapitate grass http://www.gearfuse.com/diy-solar-powered-lawnmower-harnesses-power-of-the-sun-to-decapitate-grass/ Gearfuse is a tech blog featuring news, views and opinions on the best of gadgets, gizmos, consumer electronics, hardware and more... Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:13:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: tahrey http://www.gearfuse.com/diy-solar-powered-lawnmower-harnesses-power-of-the-sun-to-decapitate-grass/comment-page-1/#comment-161501 tahrey Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:03:10 +0000 http://www.gearfuse.com/diy-solar-powered-lawnmower-harnesses-power-of-the-sun-to-decapitate-grass/#comment-161501 third alternative: buy a common commercial electric-powered mower and switch to an eco-friendly supplier or mount loads of solar cells and turbines on your roof. (though i don't know if your domestic power supplies in the states are powerful enough to run one without burning out; mine manages 13A at 230V, or about 3.0kW, similar to a 4hp mower but with more torque*. how about yours?) * in practice they're only like 1.0-1.5kW as the ultimate power isn't needed so much as the torqueyness; gas mowers need to be beefier to keep from stalling out third alternative:
buy a common commercial electric-powered mower and switch to an eco-friendly supplier or mount loads of solar cells and turbines on your roof.

(though i don’t know if your domestic power supplies in the states are powerful enough to run one without burning out; mine manages 13A at 230V, or about 3.0kW, similar to a 4hp mower but with more torque*. how about yours?)

* in practice they’re only like 1.0-1.5kW as the ultimate power isn’t needed so much as the torqueyness; gas mowers need to be beefier to keep from stalling out

]]> By: LawnGuy http://www.gearfuse.com/diy-solar-powered-lawnmower-harnesses-power-of-the-sun-to-decapitate-grass/comment-page-1/#comment-20881 LawnGuy Sun, 20 May 2007 04:55:54 +0000 http://www.gearfuse.com/diy-solar-powered-lawnmower-harnesses-power-of-the-sun-to-decapitate-grass/#comment-20881 @cirostratus: Do you use a push mower? @cirostratus:
Do you use a push mower?

]]> By: cirrostratus http://www.gearfuse.com/diy-solar-powered-lawnmower-harnesses-power-of-the-sun-to-decapitate-grass/comment-page-1/#comment-2329 cirrostratus Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:50:03 +0000 http://www.gearfuse.com/diy-solar-powered-lawnmower-harnesses-power-of-the-sun-to-decapitate-grass/#comment-2329 Jeebus. Why not just use a simple push reel mower and avoid the hassle and the additional environmental costs associated with producing the lead acid battery, the solar panel, and the electric motor? And a brand new push reel mower is going to cost less than just the solar panel by itself, much less the cost of all that other stuff added in. Jeebus. Why not just use a simple push reel mower and avoid the hassle and the additional environmental costs associated with producing the lead acid battery, the solar panel, and the electric motor? And a brand new push reel mower is going to cost less than just the solar panel by itself, much less the cost of all that other stuff added in.

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