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Gas-powered leaf blowers are being banned across US (www.usatoday.com)
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[–] adude007@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Probably burned up the brushes in the electric motors. Those are usually replaceable. Many tools are now available in brushless.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This was in 1999 and it was a cheap weedeater.

[–] Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Man you would be surprised how much the technology has improved since 1999