Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utcsrgv.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!spoo From: spoo@utcsrgv.UUCP (Suk Lee) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: Lawnmowers Message-ID: <4268@utcsrgv.UUCP> Date: Sat, 12-May-84 22:29:25 EDT Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.4268 Posted: Sat May 12 22:29:25 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 12-May-84 23:27:20 EDT References: <233@whuxj.UUCP> <198@iwu1d.UUCP> Organization: CSRG, University of Toronto Lines: 46 "One the nice things I found with the gas mower was that when I hit a hidden object, the mower would stop (if the object of some great size). With an electric motor, I wonder if this would happen also? The lawns I mowed, I had no feeling sometimes what I would run into. If the electric mowers don't stop, this could be a safety hazard to be cautioned about." --------- A lady I knew lost one of her fingers in the following manner. She was cutting her lawn with an electric mower. The mower clogged on the extremely tall grass and stopped. WITHOUT TURNING IT OFF, she turned it upside-down and proceeded to unclog it. Can you guess what happened? Yep. It started back up and whipped her finger right off. Remeber that electric motors (non-synchronous, anyway) develop the greatest torque at 0 rpm. On the subject of gas versus electric, my father bought an electric for most of the reasons one doesn't choose gas: gas is noisy, smelly, dangerous to keep fuel around, etc. Well, after the electric gave up the ghost, we finally bought a gas mower because the electric simply didn't have enough oomph to get the job done. We bought a Lawn-Boy, gave it zero maintenance, and have had zilch problems with it in five years. By the way, Lawn Boy states in their manual that if you have to unclog the mower, not only turn off the ignition, but UNPLUG THE SPARKPLUG. -- From the pooped paws of: Suk Lee ..!{decvax,linus,allegra,ihnp4}!utcsrgv!spoo