In article ,
John Rumm writes:
On 12/03/2014 09:30, Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article ,
"Nthkentman" writes:
Electric mowers are for the occasional garden lawn mowing Sunday enthusiast,

I used to agree (having repaired a good many friends' ones).

However, induction mowers were getting harder to find (people
won't pay the extra, not understanding the difference), and
it was some years ago since I last checked the market and
bought one.

Was there not some EU directive on motor noise that was going to prompt
a general switch to induction motors?

Sounds like the EU.

There's one coming which limits the power of vacuum cleaners, but
I can't imagine any of the bureucrats use a vacuum cleaner, so if
it takes twice as long, what would they care?

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Andrew Gabriel
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