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At least in Europe two stroke gardening machinery in the range between 20 to 50ccm is getting quickly replaced by current-powerd engines. When you use them, the
by jhoechtl 8y ago
At least in Europe two stroke gardening machinery in the range between 20 to 50ccm is getting quickly replaced by current-powerd engines. When you use them, the accu is empty and after two winters out in the barn they are dead. But because gas powered two stroke engines are getting so quickly replaced they have become so cheap.
Sometimes I think replacing them with current powered engines serves as a testbed to improve storage technology and to drive manufacturing costs down for the car accumulator producers.
- Maakuth 8y agoOne related positive trend is that the vendors of these machines are using the same battery across their range of devices. Then they cut down costs by unbundling the battery from the equipment so that you only need to buy batteries when you really need more. That way you end up having less of these batteries just waiting for their expiration in the garden shed.
- aequitas 8y ago4 stroke engines are doing well in this area nowadays. We have a few machanised garden tools with 4 stroke and they are not that expensive. They are not dirty cheap like the electric ones but that depends on the quality range you buy as well I guess. Added benefit of the 4 stroke is they run a lot quieter.
- chrisseaton 8y agoWhat is a ‘current-powered engine’? Do you mean an electric motor? Is there some significance to the unusual term you’re using?
- stan_rogers 8y agoThe use of the word "accu" (short for some variation on "accumulator") rather than "battery" suggests that English is not the poster's native language. Here on HN, that should not be a surprising state of affairs.