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How do i select the best lawn mower for my lawn? I have a small lawn and please suggest me a best lawn mower type and which lawn mower to buy. I'm from UK.
I have researched some articles at,
http://www.lawnsmith.co.uk/novice/lawn-mowers/which-lawn-mower-is-best
http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/techniques/lawn1a.asp
http://lawnmowersguide.co.uk/607/cylinder-rotary-or-hover-best-lawn-mower
I'm still not clear with the articles. Please suggest. Thanks
Answer
A cylinder mower will generally give you a better, finer cut. However getting through thick grass with them is difficult. In Spring, when you start cutting, you may find this an issue. As a rule they're also more expensive, well good ones are .
Rotary mowers get through thick grass better. If you want stripes get one with a roller. They come in a range of sizes and may be more manoeuvrable around a smaller lawn.
Hover mowers are good for banks, slopes etc.
Personally for your plot a smaller to mid size petrol rotary may fit the bill. Not keen on electric cabled mowers because of the danger of cutting the flex and inconvenience.
A cylinder mower will generally give you a better, finer cut. However getting through thick grass with them is difficult. In Spring, when you start cutting, you may find this an issue. As a rule they're also more expensive, well good ones are .
Rotary mowers get through thick grass better. If you want stripes get one with a roller. They come in a range of sizes and may be more manoeuvrable around a smaller lawn.
Hover mowers are good for banks, slopes etc.
Personally for your plot a smaller to mid size petrol rotary may fit the bill. Not keen on electric cabled mowers because of the danger of cutting the flex and inconvenience.
conversion of UK power to US power 1100 Watt Lawn Mower?
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Is it reasonable to use a converter to use a power converter with a Lawn Mower, which is built to work in the UK.
What kind of adapter would I need to buy.
Is there one that has a circuit breaker, that could handle this?
The mower is for the UK, and I want to use it in the US
I am wondering if the best solution (besides buying one designed to work in the US) is to get a converter that works with the 220 plug that my clothes dryer is plugged into.
Then would I only need a plug converter, and not a need to convert the power voltage?
My dryer plug in is likey 220V, correct? (isn't 220 standard for appliances like ovens and dryers, in the US?)
The lawn mower is 240V (I think, at least that is what the internet says for this model).
I am thinking that going from 220V to 240V should not require the massive converter box that going from 110 to 240 would.
However, all of the converters I am seeing say
110/120 to 220/240.
I am not seeing anything that does 220 to 240.
Does such a converter exist.
I am also seeing differences in the specifications for the wattage. But I think 1100 is the correct value.
I decided to either buy a converter rated to handle the lawn mower, or return it.
I think I can return it (purchased from Amazon.uk by mistake).
What I find interesting is that Amazon.us also shows the item, but from an outside (of amazon) seller, and for a few hundred more (when shipping is considered).
It has to be the same mower, since Bosch does not make this mower for sale in the US.
I appreciate the useful information in all of the answers (none of the thumbs down were issued by me).
Answer
You can use it, but it might not last as long here.
A UK machine will be designed for 230V 50 Hz. AC.
The 240V. you get in the US from a 2 pole breaker is fine, (That '220' dryer plug you mention),
but there will be some small overheating/power loss with any motor designed for 50 hz,
running on US 60 Hz AC.
Just install the proper plug to fit the dryer outlet.
Be sure to get the connections right, and DO use a grounding cord.
Ground the mower frame to be safe.
Brit color codes will be connected: red or brown, and, black or blue, to U.S. Red & Black
Ground Brit green/yellow to US green or bare Gnd.
NOTE: In the old Brit. system Black was a grounded neutral. check the wiring of the mower
to be sure it wasn't used as an equipment ground. (Unlikely but possible.)
If it was, the above wiring scheme is unsafe and the mower shouldn't be used here
without a transformer to give you that voltage to ground.
(Probably too expensive to bother with.)
You can use it, but it might not last as long here.
A UK machine will be designed for 230V 50 Hz. AC.
The 240V. you get in the US from a 2 pole breaker is fine, (That '220' dryer plug you mention),
but there will be some small overheating/power loss with any motor designed for 50 hz,
running on US 60 Hz AC.
Just install the proper plug to fit the dryer outlet.
Be sure to get the connections right, and DO use a grounding cord.
Ground the mower frame to be safe.
Brit color codes will be connected: red or brown, and, black or blue, to U.S. Red & Black
Ground Brit green/yellow to US green or bare Gnd.
NOTE: In the old Brit. system Black was a grounded neutral. check the wiring of the mower
to be sure it wasn't used as an equipment ground. (Unlikely but possible.)
If it was, the above wiring scheme is unsafe and the mower shouldn't be used here
without a transformer to give you that voltage to ground.
(Probably too expensive to bother with.)
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