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Run electric mower off inverter?

Hi all....

Not sure where to post this so will try here. Hope you
don't mind.

I'm in market for new lawn mower. I know I don't want
to go back a gas powered unit.

I also want something LIGHT..... so am looking at a
corded electric unit such as in link

http://tinyurl.com/ggohw

However I need something that I can take to the small
cemetery where my parents are buried to mow around
their graves. Not much area to mow

Do you think I could use an inverter and jump start
battery power pack to power this mower off grid to do
this?
 
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Anthony Matonak

Jan 1, 1970
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However I need something that I can take to the small
cemetery where my parents are buried to mow around
their graves. Not much area to mow

Do you think I could use an inverter and jump start
battery power pack to power this mower off grid to do
this?

I'm sure it can be done but it sounds like overkill.
Perhaps you would do better with something like a
grass shears. It's like a big scissors made for cutting
grass.

http://store.slgtools.com/slg-0410.html

Anthony
 
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Eeyore

Jan 1, 1970
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Hi all....

Not sure where to post this so will try here. Hope you
don't mind.

I'm in market for new lawn mower. I know I don't want
to go back a gas powered unit.

I also want something LIGHT..... so am looking at a
corded electric unit such as in link

http://tinyurl.com/ggohw

However I need something that I can take to the small
cemetery where my parents are buried to mow around
their graves. Not much area to mow

Do you think I could use an inverter and jump start
battery power pack to power this mower off grid to do
this?

You used to be able to get battery powered movers.

Graham
 
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clare at snyder.on.ca

Jan 1, 1970
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You used to be able to get battery powered movers.

Graham
He wants something LIGHT. How about a little push mower??
 
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Eeyore

Jan 1, 1970
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clare said:
He wants something LIGHT. How about a little push mower??

Yes ! You can even get some exericse out of it like in the old days when 400 lb
pppl were unheard of.

Graham
 
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Vaughn Simon

Jan 1, 1970
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Eric Sears said:
On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:12:22 -0500, [email protected] wrote:
But for what's its worth, in NZ we can buy a B&D 1000watt rotary mower
- I suppose they are available elsewhere.
It runs fine on a cheapish 1500 watt mod square inverter from a 12 v
battery

Unless things have changed over the last 20 years, the motor on that B&D
lawnmower is actually DC. A rectifier changes the 110VAC to pulsating DC, which
is why the thing runs so well off of a square wave. I have always wondered how
well one would run off of pure 48V DC. Also, since it is a PM motor, I have
always assumed that it would make a fine DC generator.

Vaughn
 
Neon John said:
You could go with the electric mower and a small generator.

Yeah I thought abt that option as well as I've been
kicking around getting a small gen anyway such as the
Honda e1000

I could even use electric weed whacker but cant seem to
cut the grass nice and level with that. Looks pretty
chopped up when I try and "mow" with one.

Not wanting to make a mountain of this but hauling a
fully gassed up gas mower in the trunk of a Mazda
Protege ES and fetching it and out of that mower almost
ruined my back

Maybe simpler solution is to sell the car and get a
truck? Ha!

I will probably try the push reel mower first. That
doesn't work Ill move up the scale in complexity
 
But I do agree with John that for a small area a 500 watt weed whacker
is the way to go. I run one of those on an 800 watt mod sq inverter,
fitted with the triangle-shaped cutting line - and it does an
excellent job.

Have you actually tried to "mow" grass with it tho?

Or just trim grass around edges?

When "mowing" with weed whacker I cant get grass to
look very nice

Can you tho?
 
The B&D mower does a much better job.
The model of mower is NOT the one where the handle flips over

How come you didn't get the one where handle flips
over?

I would think that model handier (flip over). No?
 
I agree with all the others who suggest a push mower - and some of the
time (when its reasonably dry) I still use one. And even grass shears
are a simple solution.
But for what's its worth, in NZ we can buy a B&D 1000watt rotary mower
- I suppose they are available elsewhere.
It runs fine on a cheapish 1500 watt mod square inverter from a 12 v
battery

I'm having a hard time finding the Black Decker mower
that has a flip over handle

neither Lowe's nor Home Depot sells it locally.

I will try sears next
 
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Robert Bates

Jan 1, 1970
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Do a dealer search for your area. They are supposed to match the web price.
 
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Bob Adkins

Jan 1, 1970
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http://www.drpower.com/prdSpecification.aspx?Name=CEMNeutonMower

They claim "up to 1 hour's cutting time". Not hardly. It MIGHT spin
the blade for an hour while not actually cutting.

The battery is 10 amp-hours. The motor is spec'd as "24 volt, 21
amps". If the motor runs at full load then the run time is 10/21 =
0.48 hours. Since the electrical input is only (24*21)/746 = 0.68
horsepower (500 watts), the output is probably no more than 1/2 hp. I
suspect that the motor will be running AT LEAST fully loaded when
actually cutting grass.

I tend to cast a jaundiced eye toward a manufacturer that makes such
an obviously exaggerated claim.

Seems to me one would have a LOT of money in a tiny mower by the time
one buys the mower and a battery or two. Even my "toy yard" would
require at least two batteries and my yard is almost small enough to
cut with a weed whacker :)


John,

Don't know about the Neuton/DR, but here's what I know about another one I
owned.

I owned a Craftsman 19" electric. It would run just long enough to cut my 1
acre lot (minus house, shop, and driveway). It was very powerful. The 3hp
Bosch motor felt like a 5hp gas motor. Power was never an issue! Of course
my yard was way too large for a battery powered mower, but would have been
perfect for a 60x125 lot.

So what's the catch?

*Heavy. It used a 115Ah marine battery, and gave you a good workout!
*Battery longevity. If I would have taken good care of the battery and
discharged it only 30%, it would have taken 3 batteries to finish my yard.
So I abused the battery by running it down. Not only that, but push mowers
ride very bumpy, and really pound on batteries. All of this caused battery
life to be less than 1 season. That was the only deal killer.

Perhaps an AGM battery would take the deep discharge and heavy G's, but I
doubt it. I think 2 or 3 big heavy NiMH packs would be the ticket for an
average yard.
 
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