Jay wrote:
> Buy the cheapest motor/controller you can find.
In this link that Bruce sent:
http://www.evalbum.com/3628
the guy is using a Manta brushed DC motor, with *no controller*, which seems
about the cheapest controller you can get. Is it considered okay to hit a
brushed DC motor
It's quite feasible, though the weight may be appreciable.
You don't even have to convert if you don't want to. The GE Elec-trak lawn
tractors built in the 1970s were sold with snow thrower attachments as an
option, and many are still around. The snow thrower for the large-frame
E12, E15,
1) There are several people who have made electric snow blower
conversions, check out the evalbum. There are also a few commercial
offerings (e.g. EGO snowblower
We get lots of snow where I live. I'm often clearing a foot or more of snow
using a 10.5 hp, 30-inch wide, 24-inch tall unit. I've recently been offered a
similar unit with a blown engine, and I'm toying with the idea of trying to
make it electric. It seems that battery electric snowblowers
