I have the 38" with 48v 100ah battery too.. Make sure you leave it on the charger when stored. The charger has a trickle charger built in that maintains the battery voltage. The 12 voltage lead acid can die quickly when the 4 batteries become imbalanced.. gauge says full, but the mow time shortens, and doesn't last very long, after a couple years. Trickle charge fixed that for me. And extended run time back to the original cycle times. 2 acres
@mosfet500
2 ай бұрын
Thanks Eric. I agree, we've gone to almost all electric yard tools. I didn't like the Ryobi, the price was too high for what it is and we have more to mow so we got a John Deere zero turn. While it is expensive it also is much cleaner and easier to maintain. The house is running mostly on PV with LiFePo4 backup now. We went to mini-splits for heat and AC so our carbon footprint is very small now. There is now a Li recycling plant in Rochester NY, they took over the 175 acre Kodak corporation facility so I'm not so down on lithium, it's the best technology right now. My thinking is everything we do burdens the planet but renewables, EV's and Lithium batteries just do it much less. Hope your mower is working out for you.
@newscoulomb3705
2 ай бұрын
Thanks! Nice timing! I literally just rolled the Ryobi out to do some maintenance on it today, so I'll have some updates soon (especially after our extremely wet Spring). Honestly, I'm surprised lithium recycling hadn't started years ago because I still have a box of old lithium batteries (rechargeable and single-use) with no easy way to recycle them (I'm sure most people are just throwing them away). Lithium has started to replace alkaline for a lot of people, so battery recycling is a business I expect to see growing rapidly in the near future. It's easily as important as copper or aluminum recycling at this point.
@awesomehigames
Жыл бұрын
If it's the same frame as the 100ah version you should be able to fit 100ah when swapping to lithium for 4x range. With such a limited cutting cycle you could remove the mower deck when not in use for better ground clearance.
@thayne559
Жыл бұрын
I've had a green works 40v push mower since 2017. It great. I have an 80V leaf bower too and its just as powerful as a gas blower.
@daves1646
Жыл бұрын
When part of the mowing deck on my 15+ year old gas mower broke, I changed to an EGO mower with 56v LiFePO4 (10Ah) battery. A little less reserve power, but well suited to regular lawn mowing. And half or a third the noise too. Happy I changed to electrons. Advantage for the riding mower - space for that DIY battery when the time comes. Hope yours dispatches the work well!
@vinsonhelton7141
Жыл бұрын
Excellent I've grown to dislike small engines. I've been converting over to electric lawn and garden tools. So far I have a string trimmer and a leaf blower and a 18 inch chainsaw. They are EGO brand. The 56 volt batteries are lithium and are all interchangeable with everything that EGO makes including their push mowers and zero turn mowers. I am extremely pleased with everything so far including the chainsaw which has been awesome. I will eventually convert my mowers over.
@davidmccarthy6061
Жыл бұрын
Actually going to electrics like this is what moved me to getting the Bolt.
@keithmcdonnell4485
Жыл бұрын
Awww, the little brother to my Ryobi 38" 75 Ah! When the battery "goes bad" it will only be one out of four cells that is dragging the rest of the pack down. For me, after a few years of use, when one of the cells in the 75 Ah pack went to crap on me, I upgraded the pack with 4 new 12V 100 Ah cells and converted the 3 good 12V 75 Ah cells into a battery bank for my house, they will run my essential loads (fridge, modem, wireless router, laptop, and phones) for 17 hours... if a power outage lasts longer than that I swap the inverter over to the Bolt.
@s.porter8646
11 ай бұрын
I have one of these 3 years now, and have the snowplow
@BillB33525
Жыл бұрын
For anyone considering converting Lead Acid to Li get the correct charger; a very expensive home was burned to the ground when a Li battery exploded in the garage due to using the wrong charger. Another home burned also due to an exploded Li battery charging on the bench. Be carful charging Li batteries!
@newscoulomb3705
Жыл бұрын
Yes, a number of fires have resulted from charging batteries while using a charger that was not designed for the chemistry. It can happen with alkaline, lead, NiMH, cadmium, lithium, etc., and when I do swap out with lithium, I'll be sure to show what charger solution I decide to use.
@Nightbird.
10 ай бұрын
Can you please list how much it cost you and where you purchased it? This would really help in comparison shopping. The lowest price I have found on it is $1600 USD. Thanks!
@newscoulomb3705
10 ай бұрын
Thank you. I typically try to avoid the pricing and store promotions. I can say that I paid significantly more than $1,600, and in fact, the price fluctuated by nearly $1,000 before and after my purchase, and it is no longer available through the store where I bought it.
@GregHassler
Жыл бұрын
I have the 38" one, third season. I like it a lot, and it doesn't smell when running it. I'm surprised you got the 30" for 2.5 acres?
@newscoulomb3705
Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, the 38" wasn't available at the time, and I had already put off buying it for as long as I could. We also don't have a lawn, so we're usually only cutting once or twice a year (at most). The narrower deck actually comes in handy with some of our terrain, too, so it's not all bad.
@GregHassler
Жыл бұрын
Yeah I watched the rest :). I probably shouldn't comment so early. Good luck with it! I've only so far just put a new of blades on it. You do have to go slow through thick grass, but I'm mostly mulching. For your purposes leave the mulching blocker thing off and let it eject the clippings.
@Roddy451
Жыл бұрын
Whoa, don't drive that fast during future unveilings. That is a nice garden tool. I've been using Greenworks 80v tools for well over 6 years now. I find it ironic that you would use gas-powered tools for garden needs... I don't know if you are still using Greenworks, but their ride-in mower is quite expensive, yet, for $4.5k, you still get 6 batteries with the 3 "turbo" chargers. It will pay itself in a few years. However, I am still Ok with my trusty "quiet" 21" mower. There is no denying that lead-acid batteries are super easy to recycle and can last quite a bit if you have a good "kind" charger.
@newscoulomb3705
Жыл бұрын
Heh, yeah, I gotta watch the speed. I actually haven't used gas powered yard tools for years now, but we used to use them all the time. It's been probably 10 years since our last gas riding mower died, and we were just making do with Greenworks weedeaters and a 21" push mower. Those were fine on drought years, but it was rough when we actually had a rainy season.
@Roddy451
Жыл бұрын
@@newscoulomb3705 You have an excellent real-life regular-people channel. It is too bad many do not realize it. However, please, keep it up!
@darrenorange2982
Жыл бұрын
Range test before and after :D
@newscoulomb3705
Жыл бұрын
75 mph. 😀
@GregHassler
Жыл бұрын
Mine is the 100 AH, and I cut 1/2 acre and still have over half charge.
@newscoulomb3705
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, that makes sense. I might do an update soon, but I'm finding that this 50 Ah does about 1/4 acre at a time, which is good enough for now. If I do replace the lead batteries with lithium, I should be able to get it closer to that 1/2 to 1 acre run time, which is about the most I'd want to mow at a time.
@GregHassler
Жыл бұрын
I plan on replacing with lithium (LFP), but not until these lead acid wear out. Which is probably a few more years out.
@castlenewworld249
3 ай бұрын
Very fancy full CRAP
@newscoulomb3705
3 ай бұрын
I'd argue effective as well. Just mowed a couple acres of firebreaks after a heavy rainy season, and it's still going strong.
@TRYtoHELPyou
9 ай бұрын
Nice mower. It's weak tho, the fuse on it is 125 amps... That's 8.05 hp yeah? I've got the 480e used and recently got the z6 ego . Freeking ego is doing circles around the Ryobi 48v mowers power wise. Storage tho is lacking. You will anger the lead fans with that 50% statement! 😂 You can use the full capacity but going more than 50 does accelerate the degradation.
@newscoulomb3705
9 ай бұрын
Yeah, it should be a little more than 8 hp. At the peak voltage, maybe 8.5 hp. The z6 is a 42" deck, though, right? So it probably needs quite a bit more power. A zero-turn wouldn't work for what I need, though, which is more of a lawn tractor than a flat mower. Either way, this was definitely a compromise, but I got it with the expectation that I would eventually be doing an LFP swap, which would reduce the weight by at least 150-200 lbs. At that point, ~8 hp would be plenty.
@TRYtoHELPyou
9 ай бұрын
@@newscoulomb3705yeah man, I recommend considering signature solar LFP waterproof battery. Would work well. The z6 I got is the 52 inch three blade version. Same rear tires as the 42" with the steering wheel but bigger front casters. It was weird a while back a lot of ego z6 were selling that were clearly floor models.
@TRYtoHELPyou
9 ай бұрын
What's even more crazy is the 54 inch Ryobi zero turn seems to have the same 125 amp fuse..... There's a dude on KZitem who owns some coda EVs and he has a couple videos about his mower...
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