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7. I bought a Linamar Solaris self-propelled battery-powered mower at HD & it has had battery problems
Thu Apr 26, 2012, 01:00 PM
Apr 2012

I just started the third season of use and the range is decreased greatly. I think the battery charger or the batteries themselves are a poor design. The batteries are sealed lead acid, which is rather like a maintenance-free car battery.
www.linamarconsumerproducts.com/

Batteries get hardened "sulphate" on the plates if the batteries are stored in a discharged state. I think these batteries lost a charge while sitting for five months, then became sulphated.

I used to have a Sears AC-powered mower push mower. It had a cord. It was mighty.

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