[AT] Small Gas engines - OT

[Dave Rotigel]

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:

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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 
> Paul
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> I am sure Dave will have fun with this one.
> 
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