[AT] Small Gas engines - OT

[Charlie V]

Dave,

The 110V starter is a very popular item.  If you do not live in snow
country, it will not help much.  Most walk behind snow blowers with
electric start use the 110V plug in style.  Usually only high dollar
commercial units have a 12V with battery set  up.

Why is this only the norm on snow blowers????????  I do not know and could
only speculate.

Charlie V.


On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 7:06 PM, Dave Rotigel <rotigel at me.com> wrote:

> Hi Paul,
>         YEARS ago (perhaps 40) I had a lawn mower (perhaps a Toro--maybe
> someone remembers) that had a 110v electric starter on it. You would plug
> an extention cord into a socket on the mower and push the starter button.
> Once it started you would unplug the cord and start mowing the grass. It
> worked very well and I always wondered why the idea did not catch on.
>         Dave
>
> On May 10, 2013, at 6:03 PM, Paul Waugh wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Anybody besides me getting old enough, the pulling of a rope to start a
> > small engine is getting to be quite a chore.  I wanted to use my power
> > washer today, I had it tuned 2 weeks ago, and last time I used it, one
> pull
> > and it was doing its business.  Today I could not get enough oomph to
> start
> > it. I took the pull rope attachment of and used a 15/16 socket and 20
> volt
> > drill. I had the drill set on low setting for power. It would turn over
> but
> > not start. I pushed the drill to high speed, and man it started up very
> > quickly.  Pulling the rope I could not spin it fast enough, but the drill
> > took care of that.
> >
> >
> >
> > I wonder why they don't make a portable electric starter for engines
> under 5
> > hp. I know my daughter cannot start a lot of them, and as a single mom
> she
> > has yard to mow.  One starter with different socket sizes would work on
> > several engines.  Anyway, I got the neighbor's tiller cleaned up.
> >
> >
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
> >
> > I am sure Dave will have fun with this one.
> >
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