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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that’s the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

      • Fridgeratr@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        5 months ago

        And what are the most common applications for those? People don’t just have motors sitting around attached to nothing.

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          5 months ago

          Generators, fans, boats, planes, lawnmowers (sit on and push), strimmers, powered dumpers, diggers etc etc. if you Google it you’ll probably find more.