Battery Power for Lawn equipment -- is it time?

In the past week I took delivery of the Greenworks 40V air compressor and power inverter. I think this completes my collection; at least all the stuff I actually wanted.

Of note, the air compressor is hard to find, but @ChapmanF spotted them at Menard's. The inverter is on sale cheap from Bezos- might as well be an unadvertised close-out as they seem to be disappearing.

 

I guess it could be handy sometimes if you already have the battery.

I kind of stopped considering "modified sine" inverters as soon as sine ones stopped being made of unobtainium.

 

Never heard of this element. Did you discover a new one? What is its atomic number?

 

I'm surprised you haven't heard of it. This miracle element has long been very well known to engineers: Unobtainium - Wikipedia

 

Can't say I expected much for $35, but it's almost worth it just to get the special battery connector so I can clip off their inverter and put a nice one in its place.

What I really wanted it for was to extend the runtime of the UPS that feeds my phone, wifi & security stuff. I don't really want to run my generator more than is needed for refrigerated food safety, well pumping and winter heat.

This gadget lets me reduce the genny duty cycle considerably, stretch the fuel even further. Obviously not the only way to solve this problem but nothing else was even close for cost, since I already had the batteries for tools.

I tested it and the UPS complained, predictably, about the power quality. But it stayed online.

 

Also widely used in millennial detection......

 

You do know the oldest millennials are 40 already?

 

You mean by whether someone has heard of the stuff?

Which result is the positive?

 

If anyone is interested in more information, there is a webinar coming up on July 1st, by my local EV Owners group.
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I'm thinking about grabbing this saw. Is the Oregon chain that much of an upgrade over the stock chain?

 

Really big difference.

I’m getting ready to rent another nifty lift and finish the horrible butch job I did to my trees after Irma so just bought the kobalt 40 volt 14 chain saw, I already had the kobalt 15 in trimmer that uses the same 40 volt battery.

The only drawback on the 80 volt is it’s heavy at 22 lbs. the battery is heavy. Which is no big deal on the ground but wrangling it 45 feet up in a bucket takes it toll on the shoulders. The 14 inch with battery is 12 lbs I think so will be my main tool up there.

But I highly recommend the 80 bolt chainsaw it cuts better than any stihl I Have had. Unless you buy the top super expensive stihl the base models I have owned I can big it in limp. it will bog a little on a big limb like 16 inch limb. I have not really been able to bog the 80.

I love my 80 volt lawnmower too these are great products.

And yes that after market chain us an improvement it cuts through oak like butter throws really big chips.

 

And get the stihl chain oil it works great. I don’t see a lot of chain oil when you do a hold it over the ground oil test like I would with a stihl but the bar is wetter than it was before using the husky oil. Think it’s thinner viscosity,
It’s getting lube though I used it a while ago cutting a lot of 12-14 inch limbs for a neighbor and no problem I looked at the bar after I cleaned it and the bar looked fine.

 

Does it battery truck another words you can drive it to wherever you want self propelled but the mower is not running?
My 80 Volt Kobalt does that its a nice feature.

keep the battery's and charger in the house too hot in the garage the heat will really wear them down over time.

 

That's interesting. My next door neighbor was just asking about my Ego mower and I told her to check Home Depot. LOL.

I like the extra voltage on that Greenworks, but I love the plastic deck on my Ego. It's still very slippery on the bottom after a little over a year's use. I usually have to mow the grass wet because by the time it's dry it's way too hot to be mowing. The wet grass comes right off the deck with a wooden paint stirrer. And it will never rust. That shouldn't be much of an issue in places that can be dry and survivable at the same time.

 

I bought a $249 Ryobi 40V push mower 4 years ago. Starting to see these for sale from upgraders, at paltry prices. My 2nd Ryobi 40V mower was all of $40, works perfectly. I haven't seen any issues with the Ryobi mowers. 40V batteries are another issue, but the mowers have been completely trouble free.