We had an electric corded mower for the mulch side of the house, but I had to wait to get a clean powered mower for the back yard to replace the gas powered one. I finally was able to get a cordless electric for the non-mulch back yard lawn:
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Yes, I know, the lawn needs better care. It probably needs fertilizing. The fact the rear lawn gets all its clippings thrown out can't help, but it's full of so many weeds the idea is not to spread the seeds.
It will be a few weeks before we get to try it. If it does anything remarkable, I'll probably post about it. In terms of energy use, it hardly shows up on our graph:
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The slight bump in use from 6:30PM to 7:30PM was the EGO charging; it is basically background noise against the constant murmur of other items that are on in the house. It's fully solar powered for today!
I'm going into my second year with the EGO self-propelled mower from Home Depot and I love it. I get about 50 minutes of mowing out of a battery charge, which works out well for me. This is enough to do my entire lawn as long as I don't let it get too long. If it's long and I have to go slowly, it takes two charges. Recharge time is about 30 minutes, which is just enough for a lunch or beer break before going out and mowing some more.
I've even used it to mow the 1+ acre of grass median that runs down the middle of our street. That takes a few charges, but it's sooo much nicer than huffing gasoline exhaust and listening to that racket for hours on end.