By noticing that I could mow faster with less throttle on the gas engine and the engine would be loaded down less in thick sections. I cannot over stress the importance of SHARP blades. Perhaps you could get a blade maker to make a very thin, light mulching blade especially for electric mowers, if they don't already exist. The electric doesn't need the flywheel effect of the blade and a thinner blade will have less air resistance. I don't think that it is the weight that makes much difference. michael On 5/23/06, Michael S Briggs <msbriggs alberti unh edu> wrote:
On Tue, 23 May 2006, Michael Neverdosky wrote: > I do not have an ET but can comment on the Gator blades. > > I used the Gator blades on several gas mowers and found they needed > less power to cut and mulch than most standard blades needed to cut > and spray grass. > It is important to keep them SHARP! Michael, very interesting. How were you measuring the power required?