After your electric vehicle, what else have you electrified ?

[Tampamike]

Two e-bikes and a Torqueedo electric dinghy motor. I don’t have a law to worry about anymore.

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[Homestead]

I've switched to battery for everything but the riding mower. I looked at electric zero turn a few years back, but the number of batteries used and their replacement cost, coupled with my lot size and the fact that mowers take a beating, led me to a Cub Cadet 50" gas. I did convert my push mower last year to an electric Ryobi. All plastic, but figured it is used for trimming where the zero turn won't go. The big 6Ah battery in it barely makes an hour.

I pretty much did the same as you except my zero turn is 50" Toro. I also have thick 5ft grass to cut once a year and don't think an electric mower would cut it.

 

[RickMachE]

I was down to the zero turn and my snowblower, purchased in 1996, which I keep fixing. This year I snapped the auger cable, last year it was the bracket. Ordered a new cable on Amazon, it was crap quality so I am returning it after it broke right away, and got a new one for 2.5x the price...

Convinced the wife to stop using it, and either give it to my son when he moves here this year, or sell it. Bought a Ryobi, with four 6Ah batteries. It was sold out at every Home Depot, including display models. Found one, then would try to lock it in and it would be gone. Finally got one an hour away, rented a U-Haul trailer with ramp, and got it. It had many missing bolts, the staff spent 90 minutes fixing it while we waited.

Got it home yesterday, now going to see what I want Ryobi to replace, and whether the batteries (from 2020 and 2021, new in boxes) last the 3 years of warranty...

 

[ChehRob]

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[Teslaeata]

Central heating - air source heat pump.

I’d have solar panels and battery in a heartbeat but wifey is having none of it.

I told her if she goes (dies) before me, there’d be solar panels on the roof before she’s cold and the hearse, a Mach-e obvs, will drive her coffin by the house in front of the solar panels

 

[Kamuelaflyer]

I was down to the zero turn and my snowblower, purchased in 1996, which I keep fixing. This year I snapped the auger cable, last year it was the bracket. Ordered a new cable on Amazon, it was crap quality so I am returning it after it broke right away, and got a new one for 2.5x the price...

Convinced the wife to stop using it, and either give it to my son when he moves here this year, or sell it. Bought a Ryobi, with four 6Ah batteries. It was sold out at every Home Depot, including display models. Found one, then would try to lock it in and it would be gone. Finally got one an hour away, rented a U-Haul trailer with ramp, and got it. It had many missing bolts, the staff spent 90 minutes fixing it while we waited.

Got it home yesterday, now going to see what I want Ryobi to replace, and whether the batteries (from 2020 and 2021, new in boxes) last the 3 years of warranty...

We decided not go with electric zero turns due to our lot size and building area size. Much of the lot is grazing for livestock (formerly sheep and soon to be yearling weaned colts). The building area is 2 acres or so, and the entire lot, including the building area, is covered in Kikuyu grass, which grows like a weed, mostly because it's in Hawaii. Extremely regular mowings are just nice, they're mandatory.

 

[RodHower]

I have a 1984 Fiero that was originally converted to electric by John Metric who called it DC Plasma and it ran a 9.89 second 1/4 mile. He removed the 2, 9" Transwarp DC brush motors and 2, 2000A Zilla controls and his lithium battery pack for another project. I currently have a 2000A Zilla control and a 9" Transwarp motor that I have not installed yet and I need a battery pack to get it running again. I have a 21" EGO self propelled mower, a 52" EGO ZT5200L zero turn mower, Dewalt blower and weed trimmer and a 1994 Club Car with an AC induction motor and 450A 3 phase control (I helped design the control when I worked at Kinetek Controls). It also has 8, SAFT NiCd batteries for a system voltage of 48V. I have an electric bike with a 2kW BLDC motor and 56V 18AHr battery. I also intend to convert my 2000 Honda Insight Citrus to all electric (after the Fiero). My 3 grandkids also have 7 Powerwheels toys, 4 of which use a control I designed for work along with a connector that uses Dewalt 20V 5AHr batteries.

 

[RodHower]

I have a 1984 Fiero that was originally converted to electric by John Metric who called it DC Plasma and it ran a 9.89 second 1/4 mile. He removed the 2, 9" Transwarp DC brush motors and 2, 2000A Zilla controls and his lithium battery pack for another project. I currently have a 2000A Zilla control and a 9" Transwarp motor that I have not installed yet and I need a battery pack to get it running again. I have a 21" EGO self propelled mower, a 52" EGO ZT5200L zero turn mower, Dewalt blower and weed trimmer and a 1994 Club Car with an AC induction motor and 450A 3 phase control (I helped design the control when I worked at Kinetek Controls). It also has 8, SAFT NiCd batteries for a system voltage of 48V. I have an electric bike with a 2kW BLDC motor and 56V 18AHr battery. I also intend to convert my 2000 Honda Insight Citrus to all electric (after the Fiero). My 3 grandkids also have 7 Powerwheels toys, 4 of which use a control I designed for work along with a connector that uses Dewalt 20V 5AHr batteries.

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[phil]

I electrified my feet. Got a pair of electric socks.

They did not work very well, and they were recalled for a safety issue.

 

[Space_Pony]

I've been using a geothermal heat pump for about 15 years. The old air source heat pump couldn't keep up with the sub-zero temperatures like we've experienced lately. Resistance or back-up heat has never been activated, even at -20F. We have an all electric house. Our heat pump water heater hardly runs this time of year because our geothermal heat also heats our water with the desuperheater. I also have various battery electric tools and an induction cooktop.

 

[johnnycombo]

We decided not go with electric zero turns due to our lot size and building area size. Much of the lot is grazing for livestock (formerly sheep and soon to be yearling weaned colts). The building area is 2 acres or so, and the entire lot, including the building area, is covered in Kikuyu grass, which grows like a weed, mostly because it's in Hawaii. Extremely regular mowings are just nice, they're mandatory.

I mow a hilly 2 acres in PA, I went with a greenworks mz608, with 64 aH of batteries, after getting used to it I set the blades at medium speed and the same with the speed setting. I end up with around 50% battery left.

 

[RickMachE]

A big reason I didn't pick the Ryobi for my zero turn was battery life, i.e. in heavy use you won't get more than 5 years before the batteries aren't lasting - and then a high replacement cost.

The second reason I picked my Cub Cadet was the ability to take abuse. I went through two Craftsman Lawn Tractors between 1996 and 2022. Each suffered major frame/support failures, some fixable, eventually not. Sheared bolts, cracked frames (and they sell a frame patch piece so they KNOW it will fail, and that piece came standard on Husqvarna, which is made by the same company). I was concerned that the Ryobi zero turn wouldn't take the abuse like the Cub Cadet, which has lifetime warranty on the frame and deck, and then I would be stuck dragging it to a service center. Cub Cadet dealer has a pickup service if you don't want to bring it on a trailer.

Last reason was charging batteries. If you want them to last, never use the fast / rapid chargers they provide. And they only give a 3 year warranty (Ryobi), so make sure you put that on your calendar and check them before it runs out. I bought an Ryobi outlet push mower (DirectTools), and it only has a 1 year warranty. Days before it ran out, the battery acted up. Ryobi sent a brand new one.

I initially went with Ryobi because I had their gas Expand-It line of yard tools, and I simply replaced the gas powerhead with the battery power head, and then could use all the attachments. Since then I have added hedge trimmer, blower, and the push mower (for spots the zero turn can't get into).

 

[Kamuelaflyer]

I mow a hilly 2 acres in PA, I went with a greenworks mz608, with 64 aH of batteries, after getting used to it I set the blades at medium speed and the same with the speed setting. I end up with around 50% battery left.

Hilly is an understatement here. The Greenworks gets mixed reviews from local users (our neighbors). Kikuyu is a rather aggressive turfgrass. We have 2 acres that need mowing regularly. No less than once a week, and usually twice. The real issue, though, is getting the (extra) batteries to Hawaii.

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