How To Convert An Old Lawnmower Into A Powerful Home Generator
Image Credit: qsl.net
With Spring almost here, thank God! It is usually time for people to swap out their beat up / run down lawnmowers and get a new one for the upcoming mowing season.
This is good news for people like us who use their brains and think outside of the box.
Check out Craigslist, your local classifieds or just do it the easy way and get out and look around the local garage sales. You can pick up old mowers really cheap, maybe even free.
I see them every time I hit up a garage sale. I even see them laying in front of people’s houses waiting for the nice old trash man to pick them up. Most of the time all they need is a carb clean-out and they are good to go.
Converting a lawn mower into a generator is not a very complicated process. Here are the parts you’ll need:
- Engine
- Alternator
- Electrical Wires
- V-Belt
- Pully
- (optional) Mounting Bracket
Image Credit: qsl.net
There are a lot of tutorials on how to convert an old lawnmower into a powerful home generator and I saved you the leg work of spending hours searching for the right tutorial. Below you will find all the information you need to build one for yourself.
Links to top notch tutorials:
theepicenter.com – The original article which goes over how to make a generator.
qsl.net – Where the picture is from. This is a very nice and easy project.
doityourself.com – A trusted and very high ranked website offering a simelar tutorial.
If you are like me and need a visual, check out the videos below. I think these, alongside the tutorials linked above will put you on a good footing and you will have a very powerful and pretty much free generator.
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