Hi Chris,
We got one of these: Shop Greenworks Pro 60-volt Brushless Lithium Ion 21-in Deck Width Cordless Electric Lawn Mower with Mulching Capability (Battery Included) at Lowes.com
We're very pleased with it so far... We have a pretty small lawn, if you can do it all in an hour or so a single battery should suffice, otherwise you might need two or a bigger mower.
Fair enough.
I would love to see what kit you used or how you manage to mod that. I'm considering getting a 2.4kW Ryobi generator but would love to modify it so it runs on propane just so I can use it as a dual fuel. So a mod involving no destruction of the factory fuel delivery system would be ok.
Ryobi 2400W Portable 4 Stroke Petrol Generator | Bunnings Warehouse
To use during a lengthened power outage (longer than 12 hours)
Doing that might require more work than its worth, expending energy to fix a widespread problem usually produces little benefits. I just use plastic jerry cans now with a plastic filler spout/neck to fill up my brothers whipper snipper and the lawnmower whenever its needing topping off, they are superior to the old metal jerry can spouts of old as long as you don't lose the rubber nozzle gasket. They taper down to a smaller exit at the end aswell but the best part is that you can tip it over on a longer arch and control the flow a lot easier than you can on a metal jerry can spout. See attached pic for the spout.
Funny how that goes in cold weather environments, here even if its on your clothes it evaporates within a few minutes in the sun but leaves behind an oily residue which only comes out with furious scrubbing with laundry soap and water.
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We awoke to 40-some F one day when our heater went out. We all slept really well. It was the waking up that was brutal
. Good luck!My 91y.o. father lives in a remote part of NH and has a propane generator (to go with propane heat and stove). It is designed as a propane unit. The generator will provide plenty of power for key needs including furnace startup and water well. It will start automatically when power goes out, and even starts up once a week on a schedule to test itself. They lose power A LOT and it tends to be out for long periods (there's a long line from the street to the house through woods), and at his age and our winter temperatures, it's pretty important. I live a 1.5 hour drive away in the best weather, so am not able to be much help on short notice.
Knock on wood: Sydney weather: Dangerous storm supercell could develop, forecasters say
I'm going to go and give my current 2-stroke generator a run and see if it still works. The danger has passed for now but who knows what next week will bring up. The strong winds that we got the other day was a big tip off to me that we might be getting a superstorm.
I'm going to go and give my current 2-stroke generator a run and see if it still works. The danger has passed for now but who knows what next week will bring up. The strong winds that we got the other day was a big tip off to me that we might be getting a superstorm.
More hot weather on the way. Hot weather = severe lightning/rain.
Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide weather: 40C+ days as heatwave hits
Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide weather: 40C+ days as heatwave hits
Its good to know that he has a source of electricity, sounds like he needs it badly.
"Melt" ?
Is that a word in common use in England?
Us Borders' folk don't understand !
[melt]
verb (used without object), melted, melted or molten, melting.
1.
to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.
2.
to become liquid; dissolve:
Let the cough drop melt in your mouth.
3.
to pass, dwindle, or fade gradually (often followed by away):
His fortune slowly melted away.
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Are you still speaking Gaelic up there?
verb (used without object), melted, melted or molten, melting.
1.
to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.
2.
to become liquid; dissolve:
Let the cough drop melt in your mouth.
3.
to pass, dwindle, or fade gradually (often followed by away):
His fortune slowly melted away.
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Are you still speaking Gaelic up there?
Beautiful.
Lucky you.
On a sidenote:
Winter might be the best time for outdoor speaker measurements since the snow will dampen the sound quite a lot.
We got less, and it seems to have stopped. It's a few degrees warmer here and may transition to rain. Will be making the run to Haverhill 99 tomorrow night if interested.
Thanks, Kevin - the Canadian Lowes' house brand are labelled Kobalt, but I'd like to assume they're close enough. Price for basic mower is reasonable enough - I think our last gas mower was almost the same about 10yrs ago. Extra batteries are available as well.
Chet - back to you for the regularly schedule weather reports