I think I am getting the same issue on a JD LX188. This mower is used by a local school which uses the mower to cut the softball field. I just inspected this machine today for the first time. The complaints are that the mower blades were not engaging, the battery drains, the charging system isn't working, the voltage regulator might be to blame, etc. There is no real supporting evidence yet for any of these 'guesses'. Although, I did find the red thin wire going to the battery positive terminal is completely corroded, so if this wire actually carries the charge from the (isn't there a stater in this model) stater and it isn't reaching the battery, it is my guess that this could be the issue. But, after reading your post, I am beginning to think the PTO (what does this stand for?) may be playing a part in this. Thank you, Tom

It's prohibited for one. And for two, to actually run an electric tankless will require most of the power that you currently have in your panel. 125-200 amps are needed. If you live in a cold climate, electrical is not really doable at all because of the incoming winter water temperature. Gas tankless is much easier to retrofit, and even it may require new gas service for the home.

I agree 100% with capedude and here's additional reasons to use resistant heat. Eventhough heat pump uses less energy when outdoor tempature permits,the savings isn't great since you are only there a small persentage of the time. Since cabin is only maintained at cool tempature while you are absent heat runs very little. Heat pumps can be severly handicaped or even disabled by snow and freezing rain. If and when it break's down,resistant heat is the simplest system in the world to trouble shoot and least expensive to repair or replace. The average Joe with a little knowledge about volt meters can fix resistant heat but very few diyers know where to begain with heat pumps. You can buy a volt meter for less than $25 in the smallest of towns on a weekend. Refergeration tools are expensive and anywhere they are sold will usually refuse selling to diyers. I believe most experienced hvac people here that can repair any system will agree they would 10 to 1 rather arrive at a remote cabin at 2am and find resistant not working than a heat pump. A well trained tech can often tell freinds or family over the phone how to MacGyver resistant and go on to enjoy their stay but not very often with heat pumps.

Another take on the induction question with a little sprinkle of humor. https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/induction-cooking-emf-magnitude-vs-other-things-missus-is-a-bit-concerned/  Tim says, Ugh... If she's worried about cancer... dump her now? There's no convincing someone like that, to understand statistics and significance. At least that I've heard of. If you're looking for the opinion of an EE, I would gladly give you my opinion on the subject -- if you'd like it in writing, I can even sell your wife a certificate saying as much! Maybe that wouldn't help. I don't know. What are we talking about, anyway? Cooktops aren't always-on. They're either off until turned on, or pulsing infrequently to check if a pot is present. The RMS EMF at the surface is not very large either way, when not actively heating something. When heating, it's only large under the work being heated. EMF drops off rapidly with distance. If your wife is so strange that she finds it enjoyable to read books while laying over the cooktop, I might be concerned, but only for mental health reasons, not for EMF reasons. Or if shoving her head towards a pot that's being heated, I would be more concerned for safety reasons, and then mental health reasons... There are biological effects of EMF, but not at these field strengths. Not by orders of magnitude. The primary effect is simply dumb old heating. Diathermy machines, microwave ovens, and the military's ADS, operate on this mechanism. There is no biological effect beyond heating (obviously, too much heat and you cause burns, but that's not unique to EMF). Strong pulsed fields can induce voltages in neural tissue (transcranial magnetic stimulation), which do have direct neural effects, but these are temporary. Anything that produces fields with too little energy to cause noticeable heating, or pulse peaks strong enough to cause noticeable induction, is completely and utterly inconsequential. Example: ESD can have quite large (peak) EMF, but is over very quickly, and delivers very little energy (on a human scale). (Anyway, sparks are well known to cause people to involuntarily jump or twitch. But again, that's just a neural stimulation thing, nothing more.)