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EGO Z6 12 volt accessory power outlet mod

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 Hi all, this will be a relatively short write up just to document my EGO Z6 mower mod to add a 12 volt dc (vdc) accessory outlet to the mower, to power things like a yard sprayer, maybe an LED light bar or work light for an outdoor event, my home made 12v cooler , really anything up to 25 amps @ 12vdc!   The reason you can not do this today without modifying your mower is that the battery system is 56 volt dc, and there are no high current 12v outputs anywhere from the factory.   Hence my hackery....   Just a heads up I have years of electronics experience, trial and error testing, and I get to play with electricity as my day to day career.      Lets go!    First I had to find a suitable DC to DC converter. Surprisingly there are not as many available as I thought there would be, most of them are for kids electric scooters.   But I finally found one on Amazon that covered a wide input voltage and had enough amperage output to be useful, was somewhat water proof, had a large heat sink

Fix your noisy EGO Z6 Zero-Turn mower deck rattle

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Those of you that bought one of the EGO Z6 Zero turn mowers, you may have noticed when cutting and hitting bumps you hear a lot of rattling.    Two things are happening here.. One, the obvious, you do not have a gasoline engine to drown out those noises like you may have had on a standard mower, so they stand out a bit more and can seem like something is wrong.   Two, the one I'll try to address here, EGO seems to have some loose tolerances when assembling their mowers at the factory.  This first video will address the loudest rattling, from the front cutting deck supports.   In a later video I'll address the rear raise/lower mechanicals and how to quiet them down a bit. I can include a bunch of pictures and how-to text.. But I'll just throw a video on here for now, with a few additional notes below.       NOTE: In this video I only do one side of the mower deck adjustments, you need to do both sides evenly.  Measure your deck height when done, the front of the deck and the