RE: (ET) Mower conversion

["Humphrey, Timothy" <HumphreyT neads ang af mil>]

There's bunches of em on Ebay, reasonable. Search on electric mower.

Don't forget to check yard sales, I picked mine up for 10 bux.

I mowed 1/2 acre with it last year. 150' of 12 ga extension cord. Took a
little over an hour.

19" cut, but I walk real fast with it too.(exercise) That's the nice thing
about electrics. You can't stall em!  

Stay Charged!

Hump


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elie, Larry (L.D.) [mailto:lelie ford com]
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 10:04 AM
> To: 'Daniel Eyk'; GE e-mail Elec-trak
> Subject: RE: (ET) Mower conversion 
> 
> 
> I suspect a washing machine motor may be a bit light for the 
> application.  A
> typical washing machine is about 1/3 hp, AC.  The individual 
> deck motors on
> the ET (which have been converted to push motors by the way) 
> are about 1 hp,
> DC.  They typically only turn a 19" blade.  
> 
> If you want to do this by battery, you have to get an 
> inverter that can
> handle the washer motor.  That's a pretty big inverter.  If 
> you want to do
> it by cord, it would be a bit easier, but you could probably 
> just find a
> used corded electric that would be easier, and probably more 
> powerful, with
> bearings made for the application, a heavier shaft and all 
> the things that
> would be desired.  BTW, one could also put a big battery and 
> inverter on
> such a corded electric, albeit at a GREAT loss of efficiency.
> 
> Larry Elie
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Eyk [mailto:danieleyk yahoo com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 4:31 PM
> To: GE e-mail Elec-trak
> Subject: (ET) Mower convesion 
> 
> 
> Subject:  Mower Conversion
> 
> 
> Hi all, can you give me a little bit of help for using
> a washing machine motor on a mower? I have a washer
> that died for other reasons and has a good motor. How
> and what would I have to do to set it up? I have
> thought of trying to do something like this with a
> self-propelled model. I guess someone has talked about
> this on the list before. Any suggestions/help would be
> appreciated. Thanks, Dan Eyk
> 
> =====
> Daniel Eyk
> Vancouver, Wa.
> 
> Electric S-10 project
> E-15 project
> 
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