RE: (ET) Age & Equipment

[William Korthof <wkorthof earthlink net>]

I also have a Ryobi cordless that runs off (2) 18Ah batteries... it 
works great. For best life and performance on portable electrical 
products that needs new batteries, I highly recommend getting 
Panasonic batteries. They have excellent quality. And then if you 
want to go a few steps farther, build up your own pack of LiIon 
battery cells (really!)... you can get four times the energy for half
the weight of the lead batteries.  

For the survey, I'm 25, I don't have an ET (total lawn = 4000 sq ft ),
but I like things electric, and avoid ICE. I drive a Toyota RAV4EV.

I have a number of other clean air vehicles through my solar 
installation company
www.eesolar.com
(1) RAV4 EV, OEM Ford Ranger EV, GEM, E-scooter, converted 
S10 EV, a converted E-Escort, and two dedicated CNG full size 
vans. Three employees own RAV4 EVs as well, so there is a 
pattern. 

/wk 
  


At 09:01 AM 6/2/2004, Pestka, Dennis J wrote:

I run the same set up in my Ryobi.
(2) 12V SLA, 18 ah.
Get 45 minutes to an hour from them.
Bought both brand new from Industrial Battery Products for less than $40.
 
If anyone has one I would like to buy another.
Just gave this one to my daughter.
 
Dennis

-----Original Message-----

From: Chapin, Tim [mailto:tchapin umich edu]

Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 10:06 AM

To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu

Subject: RE: (ET) Age & Equipment

I run a ryobi cordless.  The batteries are 2 12 volt sealed lead acid 18 ah ups type battery.  Picked up a new set off of eBay for a scooter that was messed up in delivery (so the story goes) for $12 and $15 in shipping.  I would think the B&D mower would be on the same line.  They might not be as good as originals but the price is right.

 

-----Original Message-----

From: elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu [mailto:elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu] On Behalf Of Jeff Tickner

Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 10:50 AM

To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu

Subject: (ET) Age & Equipment

 

Age 39 and I have had an E15 for a few years, used primarily for snow blowing. My mower needs lots of work and I've been meaning to ship the 4 frozen motors to Bill to see if he could rebuild 3 good ones, guess I waited too long. I'll have to see if anyone local can do it. I don't have much money for this hobby or much time so my tractor needs a lot of work, an Alltrax is planned except for the $$ I hope to tear it down this summer and fix the rust, paint and prepare for the Alltrax.

I also am planning on putting in a 12V battery for accessories to be fed by a 36V to 12V converter. The converter is only 3AMP and it will be feeding 2 12V 18AH SLA and I'm wondering if I need a charge controller?

I've been using my ICE tractor for mowing until this year when I made a concerted effort to use a Craftsmen rechargeable mower (rebadged B&D) I traded my old Lawnboy for. It has a weak battery so I have to recharge it 4 times to do my lawn. PITA. A replacement battery from B&D is over $200!!! I'll have to pull the battery out and see if I can match it to anything, it's 24V so I assume it's 2 12V SLA batteries.

Jeff Tickner

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