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To beat the heat, I installed a custom AC on my lawn tractor.
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Reckless_Moose ttrpg.network Reckless_Moose@ttrpg.network
Joined: 2023-08-03
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Image depicts a John Deere lawn tractor with a Milwaukee Battery fan on the hood

This worked surprisingly well, the fan is held in place by hopes and prayers, and my hand when moving up or down hill
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printf("%s", name); piefed.blahaj.zone akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2026-03-30
#2 · Quote Reply

Sic. Is it powered by its own battery or attached to the tractor's battery?
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Reckless_Moose ttrpg.network Reckless_Moose@ttrpg.network
Joined: 2023-08-03
#3 · Quote Reply
printf("%s", name); wrote:
Sic. Is it powered by its own battery or attached to the tractor's battery?

It's own, the fan is from the M18 line of tools, that fan is s godsend when summer camping.
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Smuuthbrane sh.itjust.works smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-13
#4 · Quote Reply

Splurge, use some duct tape.
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TropicalDingdong lemmy.world TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-29
#5 · Quote Reply

Can get the same effect if you just drive the mower faster. Much faster.
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i_stole_ur_taco lemmy.ca i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-13
#6 · Quote Reply

Get some water misting in front of it and it’d be heaven!
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Kenny2999 lemmy.world Kenny2999@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-01-07
#7 · Quote Reply
TropicalDingdong wrote:
Can get the same effect if you just drive the mower faster. Much faster.

This, kids, was how the V8 solved the climate crisis.
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litchralee sh.itjust.works litchralee@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-07-02
#8 · Quote Reply

I've heard of hardware hacking for John Deere tractors, but I like this one the most haha
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TropicalDingdong lemmy.world TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-29
#9 · Quote Reply
Kenny2999 wrote:
This, kids, was how the V8 solved the climate crisis.

465 AC

four windows, 65 mph
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RaoulDook lemmy.world RaoulDook@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-22
#10 · Quote Reply

I've done this with another brand of 18v battery fan. But I used a couple of bungee cords to strap it down to the hood, stays on through bumps and hills.

The only drawback is when you pilot the mower through a cloud of dust and it blows in your face
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Reckless_Moose ttrpg.network Reckless_Moose@ttrpg.network
Joined: 2023-08-03
#11 · Quote Reply
Smuuthbrane wrote:
Splurge, use some duct tape.

True luxury
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Reckless_Moose ttrpg.network Reckless_Moose@ttrpg.network
Joined: 2023-08-03
#12 · Quote Reply
RaoulDook wrote:
I've done this with another brand of 18v battery fan. But I used a couple of bungee cords to strap it down to the hood, stays on through bumps and hills. The only drawback is when you pilot the mower through a cloud of dust and it blows in your face

I'll have a look for the best mounting locations, this sounds like a pretty good idea.
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Hamartiogonic sopuli.xyz Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-05
#13 · Quote Reply

Sounds like a permanent solution then.
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