RE: (ET) Battery Powered Push Mowers

["Hazen, Dwight L" <hazen indiana edu>]

 Paul,

  Ah yes, net billing.. You might want to check this out.. 

  http://homepower.com/rogues.htm

    My thoughts only not the place I work..

       Dwight 



Dwight L. Hazen, Indiana University, UITS 
Bloomington, In. 47408-7378 Phone 812-855-5367 hazen indiana edu
http://php.ucs.indiana.edu/~hazen/ Ham Radio wb9tlh arrl net




> -----Original Message-----
> From: paulwood [SMTP:pw12423 earthlink net]
> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 10:23 PM
> To:   Pestka, Dennis J; Hazen, Dwight L
> Cc:   Elec-Trak Email Discussion List
> Subject:      Re: (ET) Battery Powered Push Mowers
> 
> Dennis, Dwight, et al,
> At 68, I forget if I sent you the poop on my converted Lawn Boy?  A
> Unitarian church(I'm a recovering liberal, myself) had this kaput old 
> Lawn
> Boy, which I tore apart and got neat junk from.  I left the wheels, and
> mounted a $10 gasoline pump A.C.110v. motor on the old flat bed with only
> two "L" brackets.  Onto the shaft, I clamped on an arbor and a cutting
> blade.  I put a 110v. box and switch, with a (14" + or - 4") pig tail 
> male
> plug dangling. With some pius adjustment, it took off like a champ!  And
> here's the best part, it's completely silent from 10' away!  Roaring
> neighbors with their devilish 2cycle
> environmental disasters wink at my 100' no.12 cord and the black tape
> marking the splices where I learned how not to mow over the cord 6 times.
>     I learned to start mowing next to the  house, and work toward the
> curb,
> with the cord plugged into a bedroom outlet with a Ground Fault
> Interrupter.
>     It is a joy to behold how quiet it is, and how cheap: about 13 cents 
> a
> mow.
> We have the cheapest power rates in 21 states.  Unfortunately, the big
> oil/
> cronies lobbies keeps us in the dark ages by not allowing "NET BILLING."
>     Net Billing allows an individual to erect any kind of power 
> gathering,
> such as wind, and gets to sell it back to the power company, as they do 
> in
> enlightened IOWA.  But here in the Gateway To Zip, they even fine me for
> driving an electric/battery powered 1980 Plymouth hatchback, claiming 
> that
> I
> drive on the highways(which I don') and don't pay taxes at the pump.  So
> let
> other enlightened California, Maryland, etc. offer tax free incentives to
> drive clean electric, forget it in Nebraska!
>     I hope you find your old gas mower and go quietly into the night.
> (James
> Joyce?)  Yes, you can plug in a reflected 110 v. troublelight bulb, and
> mow
> when your neighbors are asleep: it's cooler too.  I recommend using heat
> shrink tubing on any nicks and cuts of the 100' cord.  Blood Sweat and
> some
> tears later, you'll have a quiet, cheap lawnmower.  Cost? Motor, cord and
> L
> brackets, total $28.00!  You should have the GFI in your outlets anyway,
> they could save a life.   paul wood III
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