I have an electric zero turn lawn mower with a 24kWh battery. I also have a small shed where the mower can stay when not in used, the roof is about 4m x 3m, enough for 2.4kWp (I don’t think I need that much).
I was making a consideration; the lawn mower is mainly used in the summer because is when grass grows faster.
In my area I get around 190kWh/month in July and 38 kWh/month per 1 kWp.
I think the roof area is big enough to completely charge the mower off grid in the summer.
The mower charger is no more than 2kW, so it may take 2-3 days to charge if relying purely on the sun, which is fine. It will spend most of the time under the shed charging.
Am I right I only need a small battery for this?
The mower is charged through AC and I know the battery is 82V; obviously there are no DC connectors exposed, but I’m already thinking that at some point in the future I could charge it directly from the sun if a 82V solar charge controller existed, so I would need no inverter and no battery!
I was making a consideration; the lawn mower is mainly used in the summer because is when grass grows faster.
In my area I get around 190kWh/month in July and 38 kWh/month per 1 kWp.
I think the roof area is big enough to completely charge the mower off grid in the summer.
The mower charger is no more than 2kW, so it may take 2-3 days to charge if relying purely on the sun, which is fine. It will spend most of the time under the shed charging.
Am I right I only need a small battery for this?
The mower is charged through AC and I know the battery is 82V; obviously there are no DC connectors exposed, but I’m already thinking that at some point in the future I could charge it directly from the sun if a 82V solar charge controller existed, so I would need no inverter and no battery!