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"Soudsider"
I live a few blocks north of Mitchell International, though my brother lives up there in "Kraut Town".
Electric Mower number two is going to be a battery powered unit, driving a 24V DC motor. Then I'll work on installing solar panels on the roof and get the mower off the grid.
I live on almost half an acre, though only about one quarter acre is grass. I'm landscaping and gardening to reduce the amount of grass, but an electric riding mower is intriguing...I recently got a 1990 vintage John Deere riding mower for nothing (It wasn't running.), and fixed it up, but realize that riding mower convenience comes at the price of high pollution. I've wondered if I could attach an Exhaust Gas Recirculation Valve and/or other emission control devices...
When that neighbor who kept a safe distance during the test phase for my first electric mower saw me wheeling the riding mower out of a borrowed van, he asked me if I was going to make that one electric, too. Heh, heh, little does he know...
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