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So, today, I'm going to be taking on a renewable energy project. But there is a reason why I'm doing this.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin standing in his workshop.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow, every year, Shell run what's called their EcoMarathon. Now, this is a competition for university students and clever people alike, and they set various challenges, like trying to get cars to run from London to Rome just using a litre of fuel.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECloseup of Colin.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut this is 2020, you ain't running no events this year, are you, ha.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin standing in his workshop.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut they've not just given up, they've come up with a new event called Pitch the Future, which is where old Furze comes in, because it's an online event, and I'm hosting it. Those same students get to pitch their ideas in from these wonderful four categories.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Text displays]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDecarbonising the home. Net carbon neutral vehicles. Decarbonising road freight transport. Long distance travels with electric vehicles.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin standing in his workshop.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow, these are real world issues, like trying to make your house more efficient, your deliveries more efficient and your batteries in your car more effective. So, I thought, if I'm talking to these people in this wonderful competition, I should probably have a crack at one of these categories myself. So, what's the plan, then, Furze?\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Animated sequence]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze logo, which is white on black with an industrial style.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin in his workshop.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI've chosen the category decarbonising the home, because I am at home, and this is my idea. I'm going to make a wind-powered clothes drying machine. Stay with me, stay with me. Now, the brief of this category is to make the home more efficient without losing our creature comforts. A tumble dryer is very much that, a creature comfort.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA blue washing basket with some clothes in it. A hand loads the clothes into a tumble dryer. Cut back to Colin in his workshop.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYou put your washing in the basket, you stuff it in, it gets dry, bosh. Now a washing line, which you could already argue is a wind-powered clothes drying machine, you have to physically hang it all up. As humans, we are past doing that. No. So, this is what we're going to do.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin riding a 360 swing, which is a tall red pole with a counter-weighted swing arm on it. He goes right over the top on the swing. Back to Colin in his workshop.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe're going to get the pole that the 360 swing is on, we're going to mount a wind turbine on it, the shaft is going to come down, it's going to turn a big drum of clothes, which can naturally dry inside of it. Oh, it's going to be magic. Right. I need to get myself some sort of drum to put the clothes in.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin backs away from the camera, waving his arms and blowing a raspberry.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBuilding the clothes dryer drum\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Background music plays]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMedium-tempo rhythmic music with male vocals.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin wheels a beat-up tumble dryer into his workshop and deposits it in the middle of the floor.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA fine example of a machine.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECloseup of the drum of the dryer.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERight, let's get the drum out.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EVideo sequence showing Colin dismantling the tumble dryer, removing the front panel, using a drill to remove screws, and removing the drum from its casing.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERight, that's got it out. It's second-hand, of course, so it's a bit manky on the back.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin holds the drum, showing the camera how dirty it is on the back, then holds it while he is speaking.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow, I was looking at it thinking, it's not really very big, is it, Colin? Now, of course, if this is an actual tumble dryer and you pump in hot air through it, that doesn’t really matter. But if I shove a load of wet clothes in there and then just turn it round, it's not going to dry very quick. They're kind of insulating themselves, and obviously, that's the beauty of a washing line, is they're all flapping around in their own space. So, Colin's looking at this, thinking, you need to be a lot bigger, so it tumbles it a lot more.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin puts the dryer drum down.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESo, I think I'm going to have to do away with this, and make my own. That was a complete waste of time.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EVideo sequence showing the steps of making a larger drum for the dryer. Colin wheels a metal-bending machine in, and uses it to bend some metal rods. Several different angles are shown of this process. Colin looks at the camera and uses his fingers to indicate the thickness of the rods. Wider shot of Colin feeding the rods through the machine to make them into a circular shape. Colin does some dance moves while the machine is working. Colin holds up a completed hoop and looks through it.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOoh.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShot of the metal hoop with clamps on. Closeup of Colin in a welding helmet lit up by the light from welding. A high-tech looking laser table saw cuts a design in a piece of plywood. The plywood is fitted into the metal frame. A side shot showing Colin welding. He raises the visor of his welding mask and admires his work.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOoh.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin welding the metal hoop, which now has crossbars fitted. A shot of part of the Colin Furze logo projected in light on the workshop wall. A wide shot of Colin welding the hoop, which is held in a vise attached to the work table. Closeup showing a hole being drilled in the middle of the crossbars. Colin assembles two hoops with crossbars on a central axle. The complete assembly is shown as Colin continues welding, this time attaching bars connecting the two hoops. The laser table saw is shown cutting a pattern into a sheet of clear plastic. Colin removes the plastic, and peels off a backing from it. The plastic is attached to the metal frame with screws. Video of sheet metal being machined. A machined part is fitted to a shaft. Colin uses a hammer to situate it, and then welds it on. His welding mask is lit by the blue light from the welding. Several angles are shown of the welding. Colin raises his welding mask and looks satisfied. Another metal part is fitted to the shaft and attached with bolts. Colin is shown sitting in an armchair, with a tea mug in his hand, looking at the drum which is spinning beside him.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWell, it's kind of circular.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin glides past the camera in his armchair. The drum is spinning behind him.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWelcome to Pitch the Future, where even the chairs move.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin is standing next to the spinning drum. He stops it spinning.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGot the tumbly bit, a lot bigger, nicer, I like it. Now, I've got a few things to do with it. I'm going to take these starry bits off, it's strong enough. It doesn’t need that. Then it needs some sides, and it needs probably a bit of a back on it.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECloseup of the drum with some clothes in it, which are getting tangled in the cross bars.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause at the moment, the clothes are all half falling out, and they're all going to get tangled up in the mechanism.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin standing next to the drum.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow, we need to make this spin, of course, from a wind turbine.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin picks up a gear box and shows it to the camera, then demonstrates how it will attach to the drum. He gestures to illustrate his description of the system.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI'm going to put this gear box thing on the back of the shaft, at the back there, have another shaft go up to a spinny wind thing. Yes, and I think I'm going to do an upright wind turbine, so we don't have to have another one of these. Because the more gears, pulleys and connections you have, energy losses, my friend. We do not want energy losses. Not in this system. No.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin sets the drum spinning and watches it.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA bit more of that, look at that, look. I just need a giant mouse now, don't I? I ain't got one.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBuilding the wind turbine\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Background music plays]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMedium tempo rhythmic music with male vocals.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECloseup of metal parts being shaped. Closeup of a hole being drilled in the centre of a metal shaft. Closeup of a groove being gouged in a metal shaft. A metal part is inserted into the groove. Closeup of the shaft being inserted into a socket. The view pulls back to show Colin attaching a gear box near the end of a metal pole. Colin in his welding mask is welding the parts together in his workshop. The light from the welding lights up his welding mask. Closeup of two metal rings welded to the pole. Colin attaches metal parts. View of Colin using a long-handled tool, then a closeup of the parts being bolted onto the metal rings. Cut to a view of the pole, held in a vise on a worktable, with the spinning drum attached. Colin is standing beside the pole. Closeup of the bearings spinning. Back to Colin beside the pole speaking excitedly.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThere's a little bit of rolling resistance. I may have over-engineered it slightly, and put too many bearings on, but at least it ain't going to fall to bits. Spinny washing decarbonisation home comforts, yes. This will not be a chocolate fireguard. We cannot let it be that.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Background music plays]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFast electric guitar music with a strong beat.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECloseup of metal parts being lined up and clamped together. Closeup as they are welded together. Pull back to show Colin doing the welding in his workshop. Closeup of a machine being used to bend strips of metal. Another angle shows Colin working the machine. Closeup of several curved pieces of metal on a wooden workbench. Closeup of these curved bits being positioned on a metal frame. Colin, wearing goggles, uses a tool to cut sheet metal. Colin holds up a cross made of metal, with a curved piece of metal attached to each of the arms of the cross. He shows this to the camera while spinning it around. Cut to Colin using a machine to curve a piece of sheet metal. He then drills holes in the curved sheet. Closeup of a bolt being tightened in the hole. Pull back to show the curved pieces of sheet metal being attached to the frame that was assembled earlier.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYep, well, it's massive.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe finished turbine, consisting of four large pieces of curved sheet metal attached to a metal frame, is on its side in the workshop. Colin gives it a spin, then stops the spin. Cut to view of Colin carrying the turbine out of the workshop. It is clearly heavy and bulky.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERight, let's see if we can hang it up, see if it works. This is the moment of truth.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAssembling the machine\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Background music plays]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFast electric guitar music with a strong beat and male vocals.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EView of the wind turbine being raised outdoors. Closeup of bolts being tightened. Colin speaks to the camera, with the wind turbine, which is not turning, visible above and behind him against a blue sky.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWell, it's up. 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He turns the drum to show the plywood on the back.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow then, made my adaptions to the washing drum, strengthened it up, added a bit of Perspex. Also done the same sort of thing round the back, with a bit of plywood. Oh, very nice, there, Colin.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin puts the drum down.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow, of course, we're going to attach this to our shaft, and it's going to spin round. But I hear you say, Colin, if it rains, all your clothes are going to get wet, and therefore ruin your clothes drying process.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin carries a frame into the workshop on his back. The frame is made of metal and has a solar panel on top.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESo what are we going to do? It's not what we're going to do, I've already done it. I've made this, cool.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin lifts the drum and puts it under the frame. He stands in front of the frame and drum while explaining.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOh, yeah, look at this. So, that can go in there like that. That can spin round in there, and it won't get wet anymore. That's good. So, we can just come in, shove the clothes in, they can be in there for hours tumbling around, they'll get dry.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECloseup of the solar panel.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow to aid that, we've got a solar panel up, here, haven’t we, Colin?\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin holds up a small black fan. He puts the fan into the drum, then takes it out again. He holds the fan and stands in front of the frame while explaining.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYes. That is going to be powering this van. Van? It's a fan, Colin. We're going to shove that in the drum somehow, so it can really, really get the air in there circulating, and really help dry the clothes up better. The only other problem we've got, is of course, if it's not blowing any wind, the drum's not going to be turning round, and we're just going to be blowing air at a load of wet clothes sat in the bottom of a very nice cylinder.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin leans on the solar panel while he speaks to the camera.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis renewable energy malarky is pretty tricky, isn't it? It kind of makes you appreciate what the engineering students have got on their hands with this competition. Right. Let's go and get it mounted.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin carries the frame on his back to the outside, where the wind turbine, now spinning, has been installed. He lifts the frame and hangs it on the pole, then attaches it. Cut to Colin putting the drum into the frame, using a power tool to attach it. Closeup of some electrical wires being connected. Closeup of a solar charge controller with an LCD display. Colin attaches the fan. Closeup of the fan spinning inside the drum. The camera pulls back to show the whole drum. The fan is visible suspended near the top of it. Colin loads some clothes into the drum. Pull back to a shot of the whole apparatus, consisting of the frame with the drum inside below, and the wind turbine above. The sky is blue and the turbine is still. Cut to Colin in his workshop. He speaks to the camera.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOkay, we've got no wind again, but it's a perfect sunny day. This is perfect drying clothes weather. So, then, what I'm thinking of doing, I've done a little bit of maths. That solar panel will run that fan for ten hours at least. If it's sunny, it will technically keep it going forever, because the panel is powerful enough to feed the fan just constantly, on its own, without the battery being involved. So, we've got power in abundance. We've got power to spare. So, what I'm thinking is, we'll stick a motor on the back of it, so when it's not windy, it can be motor driven, and of course, when it is windy, it will be wind-assisted, basically. That is what we're going to do. That's kind of quite complicated, but it's all right. I have a plan.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECut to Colin standing beside a small motor. He strokes it like a pet.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOoh. Right, this is my motor setup.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECloseup of the motor. Pull back to show Colin next to the motor.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow, this is slightly more complicated than it looks. There's a few things we don't want to be doing. When we're powering the drum with a motor, we don't want to be turning the wind turbine as well. So, there is a one-way bearing set up in a couple of these things, which is basically a bearing that can only spin in one direction.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECloseup of the one-way bearing in Colin's hand, as he demonstrates how it spins.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIf you try and spin it the other way, it kind of grips up. It's a little bit like a clutch.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin stands beside the motor as he explains. Close up of the bearing on the motor. Closeup of the shaft turning. Closeup of the motor.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen the wind turbine turns, it will turn this round. It turns the shaft, which turns the drum. Very nice, but it doesn’t turn the motor, look. So, we're not driving the motor with the wind.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin stands beside the motor as he explains. Closeup of the motor as he demonstrates.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThen equally, when the motor turns on its own, oh, yeah, it turns the shaft, but it ain't turning the wind turbine round. That's good, but if the wind turbine wants to turn round, it can turn round. It can do what it likes. Right, never mind talking about it, let's go fit it on, power it up, and then it doesn’t matter if I ain't got a windy day, because can put this on, can't I?\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETesting the machine\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Background music plays]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECalm acoustic guitar music with synthesized strings.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EVideo sequence showing the installation of the motor. Colin uses an angle grinder to cut a metal shaft. The motor shaft is inserted in the cut, and the motor is attached. Closeup of bolts being tightened. Closeup of the motor working, showing the belt moving. Cut to Colin standing in front of the machine, holding a blue laundry basket full of clothes.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERight, I think it's ready for a test.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin loads the clothes into the drum. He puts the laundry basket on his head and walks out of the shot. Closeup of the drum turning with the clothes inside. Cut to a shot of the wind turbine against a blue sky, slowly turning. Cut to a view from behind the solar panel. The sun can be seen just over the trees in the distance. Cut to a view looking straight up at the turbine turning against the blue sky. Cut to a view of the clothes tumbling in the drum. Very rapid sequence from the point of view of the clothes, we see the inside of the drum and the fan going by several times. Colin stands in front of the apparatus.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow, I've not been able to fully test this properly before uploading the video, because ever since I've finished it, we haven't actually had any wind.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin looks up at the wind turbine. He has a laundry basket full of clothes. Closeup of the solar panel. Colin stands in front of the machine while explaining.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut the solar panel does charge the battery up easily, and it will power the fan and the motor for 24 hours, no problems. But what is the drying time, Furze?\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETime lapse video of the drum turning. The moving shadows indicate several hours passing. Colin sits in front of the machine while it is turning with clothes inside.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt's November at the moment, so this is a pretty extreme time of year to test this. Obviously, in the summer, it's going to work a lot better. If you leave the clothes in here all day, they do actually dry. But some of the thicker ones have still got little damp patches in. So, I added another curtain to the front of it.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EView of a blue and white patterned curtain hanging beneath the solar panel, covering where the drum is. Colin lifts the curtain as he explains.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOoh, snazzy. Now, what this does, it makes this a bit more of a greenhouse, because you do get heat well up in here from the sun, and basically, this just insulates a little bit more, makes it stay hotter, and that was enough to get rid of all those damp patches in the clothes. Oh, very good, Colin, very good.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EView from above the drum as it turns. View from outside the frame of the turning drum. Colin kneels in front of the machine as he explains.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow I know this is kind of a crazy idea, but it does actually work. I can use this. I don't need to use my power-sucking tumble dryer anymore. There's a couple of design tweaks it needs to do, because for some reason, it seems to spit socks out.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin picks up a sock from the ground. He gestures to the drum as he explains. Cut to a view of a tumble dryer door, a hand points to the curved plastic on the inside of the door. Cut to Colin in front of the machine.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI was looking at it, thinking it kind of needs a little curved bit round here, a little bit like a tumble dryer or washing machine door. Which made me think, I wonder if that's why they are the shape they are?\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECut to view from the inside of the tumble dryer, with Colin peering in from outside. Cut to Colin in front of his wind-powered dryer. View of the inside of the door of a commercial tumble dryer. Back to Colin in front of his machine.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERather than so we can see what's going on inside, it's probably to help cycle the clothes inside, so they always get shoved to the back and turn round. The things you learn when you do these things. The things you learn.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin stands with his hand on the solar panel.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI'm actually quite impressed with this, as well. It charges the batteries up pretty quick. I could nearly have a secondary lighting circuit in my shed, low powered LEDs, the whole thing could run off solar power. Hm.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin watches the clothes tumbling inside the drum.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWho would have thought this is potentially the future?\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECut to Colin in his workshop. His hands are full of clothes, presumably fresh from the wind and solar powered dryer. 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Thank you very much. See you all soon.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin takes a deep sniff of the clothes, and backs off out of the frame.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EColin Furze\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMmm. Smells like renewable clothes drying to me.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEnding sequence\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Background music plays]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECalm acoustic guitar music.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Video footage]\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA sequence of Colin doing various extreme things. Colin with a chainsaw. Colin with Wolverine-style claws. Colin doing spins on a low-slung tricycle. Fireworks going off. Colin walking upside down on the ceiling of his workshop. Colin riding the 360 swing with neighbourhood houses in the background. Colin driving a motor rickshaw. Closeup of Colin with his face splattered with grease, pointing accusingly at a nearby motor. Colin with a flamethrower. 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Ooh! Look at it!\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELawn mowers.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow, you know I like lawn mowers.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI got one to run off wood gas.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYes!\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhich is sort of environmentally friendly\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ebut we need to do better.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHmmm!\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis looks like a lot of fun.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI like lawn mowing.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow these are big ones,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ethese are commercial ones, obviously.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EToo big for my garden.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDon't worry about that at the moment.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThese all pretty much run off petrol.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESo, what I'm thinking,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ethe lawn mower of the future,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eis clearly going to be electric.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut it's not just about\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ethe lawn mower being electric,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eit's where the electric comes on.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESo, this is my concept people.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe're going to convert this to electric.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe're going to make its own little shed\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ewhich is its charging hub.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt can go in at night,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eit can charge up over\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ethe next few weeks or whatever\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ebecause let's face it,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ewhen you use a lawnmower,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eyou mow your lawn,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eyou got to wait for it to grow.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile it's growing, it could be charging up\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eready for the next mow. Oh!\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E2021 people!\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERight.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe need to pull it apart,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ewe need to work out what the RPMs are,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ehow it all works underneath\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ebecause there's various levers and stuff,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eyou know, ones that control the blade,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ethey control the mower speed.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESo...\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E...let's get on with it, people.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOoh!\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow, after a lot of staring\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eand head scratching,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI have a plan.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow, how this thing works,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ebasically, one engine\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ethis thing is set off into the crank,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ethis belt goes off to\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ethe rear axle, drives it forward,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ethis belt goes off to the grass cutting thing\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eand chops the grass.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow then. We're going electric of course.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI have one of these lynch motors.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUsed one of these\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ein the electric drift bike.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMore than enough power. Excellent.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd there's even a little disk thing\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ethat fits in there a treat.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut I'm thinking we have some\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eadvantages with electric power\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eas we can have two motors.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA lot of electric cars\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ethese days are dual motor.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThat's what I'm going to do.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESo, I'm going to have a motor at the front\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Edriving the grass cutting\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eand a motor at the rear\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Edriving it forward.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFirst what we need to do,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Emount this motor a little bit lower\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ewhich is going to mean we have to do\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ea little bit of drawing.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJust like the teams, they're doing\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eeverything in the virtual world.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis is going to start in the virtual world\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eand then I'm going\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eto bring it into reality!\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOh, is that a Colin Furze notepad\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eand pencil kit you're using there?\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFront motor mounted.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELovely job, Colin.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOf course, we need a rear motor.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFabricated and plasma got\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ea lovely mounting plate.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFits in an absolute treat.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd then just to make it even better,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ethe plate that the motor bolts do\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ewhich can slide back\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eand forth to tension the belt\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI've laser cut out a bit of felt\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eso it doesn't scratch it.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOh! Doing yourself proud.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow, a bit more fabricating\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eand bending later,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eseemingly every bender I've got.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe've got a battery mounted under the seat.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThat's the first one\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ebut we need a lot more.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe're basically pretty much going\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eto fill this whole bonnet area up\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ewith a load more batteries\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eand then of course the ESC controller\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Efor the front motor.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThat is the next job, Colin!\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENanaaa!\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstallation complete!\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOh! What a lovely job, Mr. Furze!\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow then, we have got\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Esix batteries in this thing.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe've got two batteries which do\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ethe drive motor at the back\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eand then we've got four batteries\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ewhich do the blades at the front.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEach motor, because it's\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Edual motors, remember,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ehas its own ESC.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd if we plug the laptop in,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ewe can actually program them\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eso we can tell it how many amps to draw,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ewhat voltage it's running on,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eand we can tell them as well\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eif the voltage drops too much,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eso once the batteries start\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eto get bit low, it can cut it out\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eand stop it running\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ethe batteries completely dead\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ewhich of course is not going\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eto do them any good.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThere's also throttle maps\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eand things like that.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIf this was a racing mower you can\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Esay how sensitive the throttle is,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ehow things speed up,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ehow quickly the blades start and stop,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eall that malarkey.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESo much control we don't actually need\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ebut it's a fantastic system.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow to control all of this, we got\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ethese little switches down here\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ewhich basically switch the whole thing on.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe've got big ampage\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ebattery switches in here\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eso we can turn everything off\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eshould we have any issues.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd then the blade speed is run by this\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ewonderful little control knob up here.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow everything appears to work just fine.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMotor works.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELet's put that back.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe gear knob still does the forwards\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eand reverse which is pretty cool.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI don't have to reverse the polarity\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eor anything like that.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd then the blade speed...\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOh no, that was my pad.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI've just chopped my pad up. Excellent!\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow of course we need\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eto be able to charge this.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWell, Colin, ahaha!\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe've got these two trailer adapters,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ethe same things you get\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eon the back of a car\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eif you're plugging a caravan in.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThere's seven pins in them.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESix of those pins of course we're using.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEach individual battery\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eis powered and charged\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eindividually from these ports.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut of course, Colin,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ewe need a charging station,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Esomewhere that we can drive this into\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eand the power of the sun harnessed\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Echarges this little bad boy\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ein between grass cuts.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOh, look what I've made.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESo, this is the charging station.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow, I was just going to buy\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ea normal garden shed\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ebut they're all out of stock.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESo I thought, wait a minute,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ethis is a green project.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe whole thing is made\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eout of recycled pallets\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eand I think it looks\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ea hell of a lot better.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow of course the roof\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eis completely made of solar panels,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ealso makes a pretty fine\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Elooking roof if you ask me.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBasically, they're all connected\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eto these electrical boxes.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThere's eight of them, eight boxes,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eand they all link up to these cables.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis one is the positive\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eand this one is the negative.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOf course, you drive your mower in\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eyou pop these into the little\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Econnections on the bonnet,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eit charges up,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eand then when it's\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ecompletely fully charged,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eoff you go, you cut your lawn.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhy hasn't this been done before?\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis is a brilliant idea.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERight, so I say we give it a charge\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eand go out and do some grass mowing.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd in between then\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI think I want to give everything a name.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHmmm.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOkay, she's charged up.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd look, I've given it a name,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ethe Solar-Mowar.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYeah, and the charging shed\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eis called the Solar-Mowar-Chargar.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI know! I came up with that one myself.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI'm pretty proud of that.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERight, it's going to cut some grass.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow I changed the gearing at the back\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ebecause it was painfully slow.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut it could do with still going faster.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHow long are the batteries going to last?\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI'm making a brilliant job of this.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt's so weird being on\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Esuch a big lawn mower\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ethat doesn't make any noise.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGet right in there under the edges, boy.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOkay, obviously my garden is a bit\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Etoo small for this mower.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe need to test its range.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow the batteries are 70-amp hours.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI've got the motor set to draw 68 amps.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDoes that mean it's going\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eto run for an hour?\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI don't know.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI've done all this. Probably been doing\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ethis for about 15 minutes.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHard to tell because I keep\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eswitching the camera on and off.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESo, I need to go and find\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Esome more grass now\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eand just see how long it lasts.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBiggest problem now is it doesn't\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Efit through my gate.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBeautiful.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERight, we've got ourselves\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ea nice big lawn to cut.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBlade speed up.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOff we go.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe just cut all that\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eand he's still got battery.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESo, I'm going to do some more mowing.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe batteries have lasted so long,\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI'm fed up with mowing now.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt's still going.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt's done all this...\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E...extra.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt's still going. 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