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OpenMower – An open source lawn mower

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Re: OpenMower – An open source lawn mower

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You cannot just trim grass all day unless you want a terrible lawn. You need to cut at the right hours.

I’m not sure what your criteria is, but mine is to keep the grass alive and provide root structure for my soil.

Aesthetics matter.

Re: OpenMower – An open source lawn mower

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Also to protect all those, animals and humans alike, who would like to enjoy a silent night.

I'm assuming (perhaps unreasonably?) that given the suggestion you could run it at night, that it's silent, or near silent? If that's not the case, GP must be a madman.

Anything having lots of rpm ain't silent. Especially not at night.

So they surely ain't as loud as a combustion lawn mower and are pretty silent in comparison, so maybe you won't notice them in the city with its background noise. But in rural areas I perceive them as noisy even on daylight with normal noise level. And I never saw anyone using them at night - for a reason.

And as for gp .. he is already shadowbanned and you likely cannot see his answer (I have showdead=true). He reacted poorly I think.

Re: OpenMower – An open source lawn mower

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I'm assuming (perhaps unreasonably?) that given the suggestion you could run it at night, that it's silent, or near silent? If that's not the case, GP must be a madman.

Anything having lots of rpm ain't silent. Especially not at night. So they surely ain't as loud as a combustion lawn mower and are pretty silent in comparison, so maybe you won't notice them in the city with its background noise. But in rural areas I perceive them as noisy even on daylight with normal noise level. And I never saw anyone using them at night - for a reason. And as for gp .. he is already shadowbanned a…

Yeah, in that case, this sounds like a horrific idea.

I could hear a neighbours smoke alarm beeping periodically due to low battery the other night and went around to replace the battery for them the next day.

Also, I wasn't aware of the showdead setting (and had no idea about the answer that had been hidden), thanks for the tip.

Re: OpenMower – An open source lawn mower

#76

So is this like Valetudo[0] but for mowers? Very cool! I wonder how much overlap / shared code there is between robot vacuums and robot mowers. [0]: https://valetudo.cloud/

Thanks for mentioning this. I did not know it existed, and it looks very interesting. I might try to "upgrade" my 7-year-old vacuum robot.

Re: OpenMower – An open source lawn mower

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post #72

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I'm assuming (perhaps unreasonably?) that given the suggestion you could run it at night, that it's silent, or near silent? If that's not the case, GP must be a madman.

Anything having lots of rpm ain't silent. Especially not at night. So they surely ain't as loud as a combustion lawn mower and are pretty silent in comparison, so maybe you won't notice them in the city with its background noise. But in rural areas I perceive them as noisy even on daylight with normal noise level. And I never saw anyone using them at night - for a reason. And as for gp .. he is already shadowbanned a…

Must depend on the model. I can't hear mine from more than 10 meters away.

Re: OpenMower – An open source lawn mower

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post #72

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Anything having lots of rpm ain't silent. Especially not at night. So they surely ain't as loud as a combustion lawn mower and are pretty silent in comparison, so maybe you won't notice them in the city with its background noise. But in rural areas I perceive them as noisy even on daylight with normal noise level. And I never saw anyone using them at night - for a reason. And as for gp .. he is already shadowbanned a…

Must depend on the model. I can't hear mine from more than 10 meters away.

At night?

I doubt that. At daylight with normal background noise level, possible.

Re: OpenMower – An open source lawn mower

#79

So is this like Valetudo[0] but for mowers? Very cool! I wonder how much overlap / shared code there is between robot vacuums and robot mowers. [0]: https://valetudo.cloud/

Unlike Valetudo, this uses the chassis and the motor of the lawn mower, but completely replaces electronics.

Re: OpenMower – An open source lawn mower

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post #72

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I'm assuming (perhaps unreasonably?) that given the suggestion you could run it at night, that it's silent, or near silent? If that's not the case, GP must be a madman.

Anything having lots of rpm ain't silent. Especially not at night. So they surely ain't as loud as a combustion lawn mower and are pretty silent in comparison, so maybe you won't notice them in the city with its background noise. But in rural areas I perceive them as noisy even on daylight with normal noise level. And I never saw anyone using them at night - for a reason. And as for gp .. he is already shadowbanned a…

Can only disagree there (I built an OpenMower based on a SA650B), in a rural area, also cannot hear it from about 10m away, even at night. Though I don't run it at night except when it is just finishing up from the afternoon
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