![]() With regular maintenance you can keep your Honda mower running great for 15+ years with ease. No question compared to a small brushless electric motor/battery powered combo. The gas engine is repairable and more durable. And if you have a small jerry can you can run it all day easy with only a few minutes downtime.Īt the end of the day there is no debate with this one. Self propelled gas mowers have near 1 litre gas tanks to allow run-times of several hours. Engineers designing these mowers can keep adding batteries but there is a point where it isn’t feasible cost wise for the consumer. The tougher the grass is the more amps the motor will draw – draining the battery faster. Self propelled electric mowers are limited by their battery. Gas mowers must be stored on all 4 wheels so as not to flood the carb or air filter with gasoline. Where the electric lawn mowers take over this category is the fact they can be stored vertically up against a wall. All mowers handlebars can be folded down overtop the mower for easier storage. The self propelled electrics are a bit more compact in dimension but there isn’t much difference. The electrics with the batteries included are 65 – 80 lbs and the gas powered ones are 85 – 105 lbs. Since these are self propelled mowers the weights don’t matter when mowing – only when transporting them to the garage or shed for storage. It is recommended you start wearing hearing protection if you are operating equipment above 85 dBA every day.Ĭheck out the chart to compare sound levels of other things. The gas mower is 95 dBA and the electric is 80 dBA. But you will still need to clean the deck and keep the blades sharp.Ī small engine on a gas lawn mower is much louder than a small brushless electric motor like used on self propelled electric mowers. Troubleshooting if it doesn’t start or is smoking.Īn electric engine needs zero maintenance.You’ll need to do regular maintenance (once per year or more with more use) on your gas engine: But since you have the option to go much lower with a budget gas powered option it edges this category. Lower range self propelled Lawn Boy or Toro you can find for $250.How much do the self propelled gas mowers cost: The lowest price for a self propelled electric is $400 from Greenworks.Top of the range EGO with 10Ah battery included costs $800.Top of the range Makita self propelled mower with 2 batteries included costs close to $900.How much do the self propelled electrics cost: But you can more easily find cheap self propelled gas mowers compared to cordless ones. When talking about residential use self propelled lawn mowers the cost of both electric and gas are similar. Gas powered will always win this category. They could put a beefy $400 / 4 HP induction motor that weights 55 pounds but it wouldn’t sell so they can’t. The engineers of these cordless electrics have to maximize for power, price and usability. There is no doubt even the lowest powered gas mowers will outperform the highest powered battery electric mowers. But a corded electric lawn mower motor is maybe 80% efficient = 1.5 HP. Peak continuous power from your house outlets is 120V x 12A = 1,500 Watts (1.93 HP). Note: Your house electric circuit is 120V and has 15 amp breakers.Watts = 18 amps x 56 volts = 1,008 watts.If the battery dies after 25 minutes (it does) of mowing (which is about a 1/4 acre lawn → 2 basketball courts size) that means the electric motor was drawing 18 amps.P = power (watts), I = current (amps), V = voltage (volts). ![]() That means it provides 7.5 amps of current for 1 hour at 56 volts under zero load.The #1 rated EGO has a 7.5 amp-hrs 56-volt battery.You can use the battery specs along with runtime to find the power. ![]()
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