Talking with my tech friend Tom, who hosts this site, it seems in doing an update, instead of updating the files, they were deemed corrupted and deleted by the server. Fortunately none of my articles were lost, but for the moment, the design/theme is going to be off from the nice road themed site it was. Hopefully it can be found again and re-applied, I rather liked it, and I think you guys did too.
June 13, 2009
May 4, 2009
A Hybrid Lawnmower!
Well, after multiple problems with my (20+ year) old lawnmower, I was surprised this weekend by my parents with a brand new lawnmower! My old one had problems with the spark plug and the primer pump was gone; I would prime it using a bellow device of my own, and last fall it seized up and I just couldn’t get it started. So, this new one was primerless, “maintenence” free, and brand spanking new!
So, it was unsettling when it wouldn’t work. It would turn over a little bit, but that was it. And with nothing to adjust or fiddle with, there was no way to get it to start. So, back to the store it went. However, that got me a newer lawnmower, one with a battery!
This new lawn mower is a PHEV (Plug in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) with IMA (Integrated Motor Assist). Which is quite nice. Okay, not really, but you do plug it in, and the electrics start the mower and keep it going. I’m unsure if the battery also assists on the self-propulsion mechanism or not, but if it is, then it’s IMA and a hybrid!