On Tue, 12 Jul 2016 18:02:46 +0100, wrote:

On Tue, 12 Jul 2016 07:18:56 -0700 (PDT), bob_villain
wrote:

On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 7:42:55 AM UTC-5, James Wilkinson wrote:

http://www.lawnmowerguide.co.uk/Guid...ic_Mowers.aspx
"An electric lawn mower is still suitable for large gardens as range is only limited to the length of extension lead you can get, and there are also powerful models available."

A lead is for walking the dog...a cord is an electrical extension.

I can just see the idiot - even with 240 volts like they use in
Limey-Land

Yes, we have proper electricity, not battery voltage.

- running a 250 foot #8 cord to get enough power to the

WTF is a #8 cord? Why do you have code numbers? Ours are sold by the amperage they take. And all extensions are 13 amp, so you can plug anything into them.

Calculating.... our 13A extensions are 16AWG, which would only drop 10 volts over 250 feet with a 1kW motor running. So your point has failed miserably.

mower - or having half a dozen outdoor power posts scattered around
the yard so he can get away with 50 ft cords - and then forgetting and
running over the cord making 25 foot cords.

Electric is fine for the little "gardens" around the "flats" in London
or Birmingham - but living in council housing

I don't live in council housing.

he doesn't enen need to
wory about that. A Bulimic rabbit could keep up with most of those
yards.

We don't mow yards, because yards are concrete. We mow lawns.

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