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(ET) converting a gas mower to electric
Hello,
New to the list.
I *hate* mowing our lawn with a gas mower (my wife and I run both
of our cars (VW TDIs) on biodiesel that I make from waste vegetable oil
from local restaurants). I had a plug-in push electric mower for a while,
but with the size of our lawn and the hassling with cords, it was taking
me around 6-8 hours to mow the lawn. I have an old gas mower that I bought
from a neighbor when he was moving, and I'd like to convert it to
electric. I'm thinking I should be able to just take the parts out of an
old electric golf cart (once I find a cheap one) and transfer to the
mower, probably putting in a smaller motor for powering the actual motor
blades separately (with a switch to turn that motor on/off).
I don't need the full range that a golf cart normally has, and
don't need to go as fast, so I'm thinking about using the same motor and
controller as a golf cart, just with fewer batteries (to reduce the
weight, and get by with lower voltage and battery capacity).
Has anyone else done this?
Thanks,
Mike
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Michael S. Briggs
UNH Physics Department
(603) 862-2828
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