Cordless power rant....what we NEED

Posted by Jimi on June 8, 2008, 9:25 pm

Y'know I own slobbering 2 stroke chainsaws tillers, and 4 stroke push
lawn mowers.Given the price of gasoline you would thing a company would come
up with ONE rechargable battery that would work for ALL their outdoor stuff
such as lawnmowers, weed eaters.... I am waiting for it to happen....Do you
think Makita or Dewalt or Black & Decker can come up with a simple rig that
says "we have a product that is all rechargable such as a lawn mower, weed
eater,chainsaw, small cultivator ....and.... WILL ALL USE THE SAME
BATTERY!...They could set some kind of standard...I'll buy like 10 batterys
to have on charge and use whatever product I want to use... I'd buy their
entire product that has anything that will run their
batteries....thoughts?... I mean it only makes sense...

Posted by RBM on June 8, 2008, 9:45 pm

> Y'know I own slobbering 2 stroke chainsaws tillers, and 4 stroke push
> lawn mowers.Given the price of gasoline you would thing a company would
> come up with ONE rechargable battery that would work for ALL their outdoor
> stuff such as lawnmowers, weed eaters.... I am waiting for it to
> happen....Do you think Makita or Dewalt or Black & Decker can come up with
> a simple rig that says "we have a product that is all rechargable such as
> a lawn mower, weed eater,chainsaw, small cultivator ....and.... WILL ALL
> USE THE SAME BATTERY!...They could set some kind of standard...I'll buy
> like 10 batterys to have on charge and use whatever product I want to
> use... I'd buy their entire product that has anything that will run their
> batteries....thoughts?... I mean it only makes sense...

I don't think it makes sense, yet, as batteries would have to be too large
to hold the charge you'd need for a lawnmower or any other outdoor power
equipment. Maybe in a few years when MIT gets their capacitor battery on the
open market, things will change

Posted by Jim Yanik on June 8, 2008, 10:04 pm

>> Y'know I own slobbering 2 stroke chainsaws,tillers, and 4 stroke
>> push lawn mowers.

Do they all have the same size motor?
maybe the tiller and the mower,but not the chainsaw.

>> Given the price of gasoline you would thing a company
>> would come up with ONE rechargable battery that would work for ALL
>> their outdoor stuff such as lawnmowers, weed eaters.... I am waiting
>> for it to happen....Do you think Makita or Dewalt or Black & Decker
>> can come up with a simple rig that says "we have a product that is
>> all rechargable such as a lawn mower, weed eater,chainsaw, small
>> cultivator ....and.... WILL ALL USE THE SAME BATTERY!...They could
>> set some kind of standard...I'll buy like 10 batterys to have on
>> charge and use whatever product I want to use... I'd buy their entire
>> product that has anything that will run their
>> batteries....thoughts?... I mean it only makes sense...

> I don't think it makes sense, yet, as batteries would have to be too
> large to hold the charge you'd need for a lawnmower or any other
> outdoor power equipment. Maybe in a few years when MIT gets their
> capacitor battery on the open market, things will change
>
>
>

There used to be battery powered lawnmowers,I don't know if they still are
made,though. They used a marine 12v battery.They were not very powerful or
long-runtime.

Different products need different batteries,having different power
consumptions.
A worthwhile battery for a lawnmower is going to be too heavy for a string
trimmer or weedwhacker.

perhaps he should go with a corded product,and a long extension cord.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

Posted by nick hull on June 9, 2008, 4:42 pm

> There used to be battery powered lawnmowers,I don't know if they still are
> made,though. They used a marine 12v battery.They were not very powerful or
> long-runtime.

I used to have a GE electric lawnmower, pretty powerful - I think it
used 6 x 6 volt batteries And ran well as long as the lawn wasn't too
steep. It had the power but endurance came up short on steep slopes.
Elec-Trac I think

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Posted by Jim Yanik on June 9, 2008, 6:47 pm

>> There used to be battery powered lawnmowers,I don't know if they
>> still are made,though. They used a marine 12v battery.They were not
>> very powerful or long-runtime.

>
> I used to have a GE electric lawnmower, pretty powerful - I think it
> used 6 x 6 volt batteries And ran well as long as the lawn wasn't too
> steep. It had the power but endurance came up short on steep slopes.
> Elec-Trac I think

Why'd you get rid of it? steep slopes? or batteries died?

>
> Free men own guns - www(dot)geocities(dot)com/CapitolHill/5357/
> ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **
>

I Googled and found 3 lawnmowers with 24 volt systems.All push-types.
Some of the reviews were conflicting.

36V would do pretty good if you had enough A-H to give a decent runtime.
It would weigh a lot,too.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

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