well i decided to dig out my old key start mower and have a good look at it. now i am full of new information i decided it was time to have a play around with this one.i kept it on the back burner cos i didn't have a battery for it and didn't want the expense of buying one as yet.
Then it dawned on me???
i have some super capacitors, 6 x of them at 2.7 volts each.
i sticky taped them up in series to 12 volts.
then i quickly charged them up to 12 volts.
attached this contraption to my mower and presto she starts easy as anything.
i checked the voltage output of the magneto and it slowly began charging the caps but it only puts out 3 volts max.
so i hooked up my mini solar panel to them and what do you know about 15 minutes and back to full charge.
it ran and charged as i cut my lawn.
now these capacitors are tiny buggers and they easily start my mower.
in fact they have enough grunt to start my car.
if you dont know anything about super capacitors i suggest you look these babies up. they are awesome.
so now i will build a bracket for the solar panel and capacitors and have myself a solar start mower.
