Recent content by papajack

UPDATE. Another bad battery this spring. Sold it yesterday. No more electric riding mower for me. The electric push mower still works fine.

Another year of needing to buy and install a bad battery. This is my third year in a row. My first set of batteries lasted 5 years before I upgraded all four, This year I decided I had enough and sold it. No more electric riding mowers for me.

I do not see electric cars working for the average person. Electric tools, yes. There will never be enough chargers, and the power grid will not support them. You saw what last winter did to the chargers. The government put so many restrictions on building charges that they haven't built a...

This seems like a good idea. Any one know how well they do?

I discovered that one battery had gone bad. I bought one for $240, which fixed all my problems. YouTube can show you how to switch your batteries over to Lithium-Ion Batteries. Four batteries cost $800.

My Ryobi had one bad battery. Another $239 battery fixed the problem.

My mower will move fine without blades engaged, but once reaching max speed or if I try to go up the slightest incline will stop and start beeping to return and charge. When blades are engaged, well that's weird too. If the ground is level and if I go very, very slowly and don't lower the blades...

That's the plan. We bought a high dollar washer and dryer. Three years later a computer chip died on the dryer. They no longer made that part. We ended up buying a speed queen washer and dryer. They are made the old way.

We have a 2005 Honda Civic going strong—very few repairs. My 2015 Chevy Colorado is still in great shape. Electric vehicles will not last as long, and I do not see a used electric vehicle market. The risk of suddenly replacing a battery pack for up to $60K is scary.

Before you buy an electric mower, look at the cost of battery replacement. I have a Ryobi electric riding lawn mower. I bought it in 2017 and replaced the batteries in 2022. The cost was $1039. This season, my batteries no longer hold a charge as long as two years ago. I love my mower, but the...

You can't be too careful. Ammo box is a good idea.

In the 70's I had a Murray lawn mower. It lasted over 10 tens. I just put gas in it and left it out in the yard until next spring. Always started on the first pull. Like real men, they do not make them like that anymore.

For anything with batteries, you have to decide if you are OK with the cost. Look up the cost before you buy. My Ryobi takes four batteries, old-fashioned lead batteries. For example, now stories are coming out that car battery replacements cost from $20 to $50 thousand if they still make the...

So true. Some people check their fingers after working on something.

Kill switches is already the law. They will be put in new cars. They used drunk driving as the excuse. You will be monitored to start the car. While driving if the device decides u r a problem the car is cut off.