Ben Pritchard

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Ben Pritchard

County Somerset

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Business name

Ben Pritchard Countryside & Garden Services

County

Somerset

Postcode

BA3 4PW

About you and your business

Countryside and Garden Services

Skills

Horticulture

Hedgelaying

Conservation

Business category

Landscaper, Maintenance, Lawn Care, Tree Surgeon, Other, Commercial, Domestic

Business Size (based on Turnover)

£0-£50k

Where did you hear about Landscape Juice

Google

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Andrew Betteridge replied to John F's discussion Battery Charging Calculations ?

"Around five pence.
You have the Kilowatt hour charge for the electric plus a proportion on the daily standing charge and the charger is not 100% efficient, so some electric is lost as heat and running the fan.
So somewhere around twenty pence for…"

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Andrew Betteridge replied to John F's discussion Battery Charging Calculations ?

"Stihl AP 300 S Battery
281 Wh battery for the AP System
https://www.edfenergy.com/for-home/energywise/what-is-kwh-guide
"

Vic 575 replied to John F's discussion Battery Charging Calculations ?

"I never charged or calculated separately for petrol when I was using petrol hedge cutters or petrol strimmers. So it has never crossed my mind to do this for battery kit.
I believe we are only talking a few pence to charge an AP200.
Given that the…"

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Fusion Media posted a blog post

A new era for battery-powered tools

With the recent passing of the California Air Resource Board (CARB) measure to restrict new sales of landscaping equipment to be zero-emission tools, Pellenc is over 10 years ahead of the competition with a full range of battery-powered tools for…

Chris Hathaway is now a member of Landscape Juice Network

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Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd replied to John F's discussion Battery Charging Calculations ?

"Petrol has also gone up significantly..."

Billybop replied to John F's discussion Battery Charging Calculations ?

"depends on the capacity of battery but maybe 2p more than it was before? best way to do it maybe with one of those electricity monitor power meters that you can plug a 3-pin mains appliance into, and can tell how much power is used during the cycle…"

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Andrew Betteridge replied to John F's discussion Battery Charging Calculations ?

"If you want to keep an accurate record buy a plug in meter like this
https://cpc.farnell.com/energenie/ener007/power-meter/dp/PL13026"

Matthew Hills and Mr Matthew Hewitt joined Landscape Juice Network

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PAUL replied to Jim Murray's discussion Stihl Rm655v

"I really rate the 545 series of Stilhs ... Game changers in that size being so lightweight, well balanced and unbelievable wet grass collection so last year i added a 655v .... The good news its pacy in full speed (i speed up rpm's a bit) and…"

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Jonathan Davidson replied to John F's discussion Battery Charging Calculations ?

"There was a post on here once that I bookmarked for future use but it seems to have disappeared, it may have ended in the archives or gone forever.... it was the topic below and I hava a feeling one of the Andys gave the calculations.... so maybe…"

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John F posted a discussion

Battery Charging Calculations ?

Due to the current hike in energy prices is there a simple way of calculating how much its costing to charge up cordless batteries , to be fair i used to absorb the cost due to the fuel saving but now wondering if its adding up to a significant…

Stephen r Brook-Smith replied to Stephen r Brook-Smith's discussion Price increase

"Your more than welcome to visit , don't forget your mower to give me a hand ;)
Yup after taxi driving for nearly 2 months I'm done
CANT wait to get back on the tools..."

Will replied to Stephen r Brook-Smith's discussion Price increase

"Very true.
I've always meant to visit Scarborough, looks lovely on the tele.
re plastering... after attempting it in a small toilet, which I describe as rustic, I realise just what a difficult and crap job it is.
In fact, many of the building trades…"