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Battery powered snow blower
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Look up Ego, Ryobi and Torco 60v 2 stage snow blowers. Green works is also coming out with a 2 stage snow blower this year.
I would like to be able to run a 30 inch wide snow blower for 2 hours straight with no exhaust gases or 8 horsepower Briggs and Stratton exhaust noise. I don’t expect a battery powered snow blower can do that yet? There are times when it takes me two hours to clear my driveway. It is about 350 feet long. It will be a nice day when that can happen for sure..
Maybe by 2055 not anytime in our future
One KW is 1.36 HP. 8 HP is 5.88 kw. Running an 8 HP snowblower full out for 2 hrs requires 11.8 kwhrs of energy. 11,800 watt hrs divided by 40 V yields the number of amp hours that battery would have to be. The answer is 295 Ahr. The 4 batteries together add up to only 24 Ahr. Nope, it will not run 2 hours at maximum output, so if a 350 ft driveway requires two hours, the four batteries will have to be changed several times. Having said that, if the snow is not very deep and the 8 HP gas powered snow blower was not putting out full HP, the batteries would only need to be changed a fewer number or times.
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duz like my 9.5 HP gas. By the time
this thing's dead they will B even beddah
and lower priced (relative) so I'll B checkin the
consumer product review service for one of value.
this thing's dead they will B even beddah
and lower priced (relative) so I'll B checkin the
consumer product review service for one of value.
Due to losses in the motor controller and motor (each of which are about 90% efficient, 1KW is generally assumed to be able to produce 1HP. This also takes into account the battery AH rating is likely quite inaccurate at 4c drain rates. An unfortunate reality is that battery-electric outdoor power equipment are often managed at a 4C discharge rate, and therefore when used at max output, the battery does not come close to it's AH rating.
So an actual 1KWh battery can produce a real world 1HP for an hour.
Actually, the batteries cost less than $200 each, but the Ryobi listed in the original posting takes four batteries. Same difference.
By the way, California has lots of snow in some of the mountains. Snow blowers are on the hit list.
So they do so well because they have 2 oversized and/ or multiple (and very expensive) batteries?
Wow, sign me up. As said, $800 is a lot of gas.
Fun fact, as batteries age, they show their first signs of failure in the cold, while being fine at room temperature or so.
Wow, sign me up. As said, $800 is a lot of gas.
Fun fact, as batteries age, they show their first signs of failure in the cold, while being fine at room temperature or so.
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OP, I'm sorry your getting such a battle. I'd love to turn on the time machine and see how many folks said the same thing about batteries never being able to replace a pneumatic impact wrench lol.
Personally gas is a pain in the butt for outdoor power equipment and I'm slowly switching over to batteries.
But with snow it's all about being prepared for the worst case scenario! I would love to get a battery model, and still might get one for the walkway, tight edges and corners. Unfortunately my driveway is 400 feet long on a steep slope. We also usually get at least one 20" snowfall a year. Even the best battery snowblowers just can't do it (yet!!) without owning (and eventually replacing) a fleet of batteries.
So I bit the bullet and bought a 28" Ariens earlier in the year.
Personally gas is a pain in the butt for outdoor power equipment and I'm slowly switching over to batteries.
But with snow it's all about being prepared for the worst case scenario! I would love to get a battery model, and still might get one for the walkway, tight edges and corners. Unfortunately my driveway is 400 feet long on a steep slope. We also usually get at least one 20" snowfall a year. Even the best battery snowblowers just can't do it (yet!!) without owning (and eventually replacing) a fleet of batteries.
So I bit the bullet and bought a 28" Ariens earlier in the year.
gosh, 1st we hada put on spark arrestors now this
https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/going-battery-on-the-yard-tools.353982/
https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/going-battery-on-the-yard-tools.353982/
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These battery powered snow blowers seem to mirror EV pickup trucks in performance.
EV trucks as grocery getters, no problem. Expect them to do real work like towing an average travel trailer, good luck ...
3 - 6" snow no problem for a 6 car driveway, anything more than that gas, is the winner.
Given the amount of snow I get - average is 9 feet a year, along with the end of driveway bank, it will be gas as my only choice.
And you can't bank on averages. 5 years ago we had so much snow, house roofs were collapsing on a regular basis. I think we were well over 12' that year.
EV trucks as grocery getters, no problem. Expect them to do real work like towing an average travel trailer, good luck ...
3 - 6" snow no problem for a 6 car driveway, anything more than that gas, is the winner.
Given the amount of snow I get - average is 9 feet a year, along with the end of driveway bank, it will be gas as my only choice.
And you can't bank on averages. 5 years ago we had so much snow, house roofs were collapsing on a regular basis. I think we were well over 12' that year.
I’ll bet it can do this driveway.
1988 Mikita battery op drill... / ...2022 Mikita (or other co) impact driver
My 9.5 HP gass sno thrower / ...2048 Ele sno thrower
I bet there's a quicker ramp up here...
My 9.5 HP gass sno thrower / ...2048 Ele sno thrower
I bet there's a quicker ramp up here...
Same as pretty much every time with battery powered equipment like this. But if you pretend something posted on YouTube is more important than actual experience in person, you can pretend it will work for everyone, right? Like I said before, I'll stick with my old gas powered snow blower that actually works. Last winter we ended up with over 20" of snow in under 12 hours during one storm.
I’d put my Aircat 1150 and 18.1 CFM compressor against any electric impact.
I wouldn’t mind having an electric for junkyard visits, but that’s about it. This should go without saying, but there’s quite a difference between cordless hand tools and high demand OPE like a snow blower.
I have many cordless hand tools and yard tools, use them daily, and am in no way a denier. All the different tools out there interest me, battery powered OPE included.
My biggest issue is cost.
For the person on a 50x100 in town lot it probably would work fine providing it's not a heavy, wet, slushy snow. My old 5hp struggled with heavy snow, my 8hp Arens is a beast tossing snow 30ft. Fluffy dry snow it would go a lot longer per charge.
Those test videos leave out a lot of variables.
E snowblowers are just like E mowers, got a lot of footage to do, you need the right tool for the job. Same with battery tools vs air. There is a place for both, OPE or tools.
Those test videos leave out a lot of variables.
E snowblowers are just like E mowers, got a lot of footage to do, you need the right tool for the job. Same with battery tools vs air. There is a place for both, OPE or tools.
TRANSLATE THAT INTO ENGLISH. ABSURD.
