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Good point about generators. I got one earlier this year due to a downed tree epic power outage, and got a $300 rebate from the utility company.
I never considered getting a battery powered generator, because.... although the tenants did use battery packs that they charged at a neighbors house. They worked well, but took forever to charge with the generator.
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Engines over 25 HP are exempt from the ban. Commercial mowing companies will simply buy mowers with engines at least 25 HP.
It appears diesel engines are also exempt. The diesel exemption seems strange as they tend to pollute more than gas although tier 4 final emissions makes them pollute somewhat less. I worked at an event last summer where part of my job was to fuel a large diesel generator that burned 80 gallons of diesel every day. It had DEF to meet tier 4 final regulations.
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Here's how https://www.canarymedia.com/articles...n-for-business or this https://www.blackridgeresearch.com/b...s-in-the-worldOriginally Posted by Keith Outten
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There is no such thing as a battery powered generator, they are just batteries.
I really can't stand that the industry, in all their wisdom, started calling these battery banks, generators. It's just wrong, it doesn't generate anything. You need to charge them from an external source.
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One was supposed to infer the irony emoji in my post. I have not heard a battery called a generator.
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I missed the irony
I was referring to these
https://us.ecoflow.com/pages/solar-generators
The common name is solar generator or battery generator
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Solar panels generate electricity- I don't see a problem with that.
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I wonder how much genteel smuggling of lawn equipment there'll be into California. Like there is of mineral spirits today. Of course it might be hard to explain a new looking lawn mower in 10 years though. I'm sure somebody will find a way.
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Interesting in 30+ posts, there have been few if any posts on the benefits of eliminating gas powered landscape equipment.
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As Jim pointed out earlier, the sale of gasoline powered devices will be banned in California. Someone will go to Nevada, buy a bunch of gas powered units and come sell them to the landscapers. Battery powered tools just won't work for them - they'd have to have so many batteries and that would cost a bunch. The batteries don't charge up fast enough for them to get charged between jobs.
It's a "feel good" rule that will be ignored.
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Go into the world and do well. But more importantly, go into the world and do good.
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There are benefits to be sure BUT at present, the technological reality we're in has a big hole in it and the proposed benefits can't actually be realized just by saying so.
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Yard cutting is probably the biggest employer here on the lake. No one cuts their own grass. Most have already switched to cordless blowers and trimmers with no change of laws in sight. I see them plug in batteries to the house they're working on first thing when they show up. I expect they have it figured out with how many batteries they need.
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Yes, but the ban is not on the use but only the sale of new gas powered lawnmowers etc. Commercial lawnmowers have a life expectancy of about 2500 hours. Assuming 5 hours a day, 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year that would be about 2 years. Given the advancements in battery technology, it's not unreasonable to expect that big hole will be at least partially closed.
Seems to me, even if the cost of landscape maintenance is increased, the health and environmental benefits may be worth it.
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The guys around here work long hours. One crew told me they do 40 yards a day. Those are all 1/2 acre lots with less than half under grass. People pump water out of the lake to water grass.
At 75 to 100 per, that's 3 or 4 grand a day, which should leave room to buy batteries. Cost probably depends on how many fireworks launchers they have to trim around.
For years I've helped these guy when they needed help, like welding on a worn out deck to keep it going, or to get a stuck blade nut off. Now they're all driving new trucks and just wave when I see them. Things are booming around here for the last couple of years or so.
Last edited by Tom M King; 05-21-2024 at 5:28 PM.
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