Trimmer trouble

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Dr Jekyll

Original Poster:

23,820 posts

260 months

Thursday 28th May 2015
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Trying to trim my lawn with my Flymo trimmer, I got about 2 seconds of action then the cord seems to snap. I open it up, pull some more cord out and it happened again. Could it have been some trivial error like putting he spool in upside down?

This is the kind of spool I'm talking about.


moustachebandit

1,264 posts

142 months

Thursday 28th May 2015
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Its due to crap quality strimmer line.

clockworks

5,294 posts

144 months

Thursday 28th May 2015
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I had exactly the same problem with a Flymo strimmer that uses the same drum. I got some generic 1.6mm line from the garden centre - problem solved.

When I bought the strimmer last year, it worked fine. This year, line broke every few seconds. I have to assume that the line degrades over time. Maybe it's biodegradable?

Rosscow

8,723 posts

162 months

Thursday 28th May 2015
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And here I was about to help someone with a staircase problem hehe