Robot mowers

[Frimley111R]

Zoon said:

Register1 said:

Electric lawn mower, ?
Naaawww,
Self driving 28 inch cylinder makes short work of both back, side, and front.

Which needs emptying and piloting by a human?
No ta.

And add up the hours you spend doing it, while we don't

[GordonWT]

I’ve set up my Flymo 1200R for its 3rd season but I’m having problems with the dreaded flashing blue light.
Thinking I might have to rewire the garden, I twiddled about with the left plug and the light went green and all was good until Mowbie went back into its charger and it seemed to knock the connection again and back to flashing blue.

I managed to get it green again but for last couple of days no joy, I’ve cut bits off, rejoined, but it’s not going green.

Does anyone know of a sure-fire way of connecting the cable to the charger?
The wee purple things are awful and the base I have is different to others I’ve seen on YouTube, mine are connected horizontally and all 3 plugs sit side by side and VERY close to each other.

It’s very annoying as I can’t see why it’s not working as connection look fine!

Edited by GordonWT on Tuesday 16th March 23:45

[gmaz]

GordonWT said:

I’ve set up my Flymo 1200R for its 3rd season but I’m having problems with the dreaded flashing blue light.
Thinking I might have to rewire the garden, I twiddled about with the left plug and the light went green and all was good until Mowbie went back into its charger and it seemed to knock the connection again and back to flashing blue.

I managed to get it green again but for last couple of days no joy, I’ve cut bits off, rejoined, but it’s not going green.

Does anyone know of a sure-fire way of connecting the cable to the charger?
The wee purple things are awful and the base I have is different to others I’ve seen on YouTube, mine are connected horizontally and all 3 plugs sit side by side and VERY close to each other.

It’s very annoying as I can’t see why it’s not working as connection look fine!

Edited by GordonWT on Tuesday 16th March 23:45

Aren't the purple things just like spade connectors. You can buy them at any car spares shop but ideally will need a crimper.

[gmaz]

Finally got Patrick in his house. It goes in wonky and never seems to latch on first time despite the guide wire being straight for about 1.5 m in front.

Very happy with it (Easilife 200) £438 from Amazon.

[oldskoolgent]

Dave is feeling unhappy.
Every other mow, he decided to cut his own boundary wire. it's pegged nice n snug to the ground but he's still nipping it.

[Tamtoot]

Good day,
I don't mean to be cheeky but what cutting height is it operating at?

[fiatpower]

oldskoolgent said:

Dave is feeling unhappy.
Every other mow, he decided to cut his own boundary wire. it's pegged nice n snug to the ground but he's still nipping it.

I had a similar issue in one particular area so I cut a channel in the grass and pegged into there. No issues since.

[Tamtoot]

Hello Oldskoolgent,

Page 30 of the operators manual covers your problem.

Cheers

[mikeiow]

Darn it.....after a solid couple of years, our Landroid M is grumbling about being 'outside operating area'.
Suggests to me there is a break in the cable somewhere...but there is zero evidence of any animal action around the perimeter wire.
Maybe need to dig around the base station a bit....which itself is tricky since I built a 'garage' for him!

Also optimistically says "press '0' to reset" - naturally, pressing 0 is doing nothing.

• sigh*

[rfisher]

mikeiow said:

Darn it.....after a solid couple of years, our Landroid M is grumbling about being 'outside operating area'.
Suggests to me there is a break in the cable somewhere...but there is zero evidence of any animal action around the perimeter wire.
Maybe need to dig around the base station a bit....which itself is tricky since I built a 'garage' for him!

Also optimistically says "press '0' to reset" - naturally, pressing 0 is doing nothing.

• sigh*

Check the perimeter wire connections at the charging station first.

It's good practice to cut the wire back a couple of cm every year anyway to ensure that you have a good connection.

If that doesn't help then connect up around 20m of wire in a circle and put the mower inside the new wire.

If he's happy then you know that you have a problem with the old wire somewhere.

Reconnect the old wire to the charging station and go round the edge of the lawn with an AM radio.

You should be able to detect any break fairly easily.

[mikeiow]

rfisher said:

mikeiow said:

Darn it.....after a solid couple of years, our Landroid M is grumbling about being 'outside operating area'.
Suggests to me there is a break in the cable somewhere...but there is zero evidence of any animal action around the perimeter wire.
Maybe need to dig around the base station a bit....which itself is tricky since I built a 'garage' for him!

Also optimistically says "press '0' to reset" - naturally, pressing 0 is doing nothing.

• sigh*

Check the perimeter wire connections at the charging station first.

It's good practice to cut the wire back a couple of cm every year anyway to ensure that you have a good connection.

If that doesn't help then connect up around 20m of wire in a circle and put the mower inside the new wire.

If he's happy then you know that you have a problem with the old wire somewhere.

Reconnect the old wire to the charging station and go round the edge of the lawn with an AM radio.

You should be able to detect any break fairly easily.

Thanks - sounds similar to the steps at https://support.worx-europe.com/wire-missing-troub... (which I was reading just minutes ago!)

Not sure I have an AM radio....this one could run'n'run (this is a home we let out, we are only visiting for a few days to get ready for the season!!)

Thanks for the reply!

[mikeiow]

mikeiow said:

rfisher said:

mikeiow said:

Darn it.....after a solid couple of years, our Landroid M is grumbling about being 'outside operating area'.
Suggests to me there is a break in the cable somewhere...but there is zero evidence of any animal action around the perimeter wire.
Maybe need to dig around the base station a bit....which itself is tricky since I built a 'garage' for him!

Also optimistically says "press '0' to reset" - naturally, pressing 0 is doing nothing.

• sigh*

Check the perimeter wire connections at the charging station first.

It's good practice to cut the wire back a couple of cm every year anyway to ensure that you have a good connection.

If that doesn't help then connect up around 20m of wire in a circle and put the mower inside the new wire.

If he's happy then you know that you have a problem with the old wire somewhere.

Reconnect the old wire to the charging station and go round the edge of the lawn with an AM radio.

You should be able to detect any break fairly easily.

Thanks - sounds similar to the steps at https://support.worx-europe.com/wire-missing-troub... (which I was reading just minutes ago!)

Not sure I have an AM radio....this one could run'n'run (this is a home we let out, we are only visiting for a few days to get ready for the season!!)

Thanks for the reply!

Yeah, the unit is fine with a sample of cable....so there is a break somewhere.
Will have to investigate AM radios.
We were thinking of extending the run. Maybe I need to rip it all up and lay a longer wire. Unfortunately no time on this visit....gonna have to get the human gardener mowing again: Bah

[mrpbailey]

Just got the flymo easilife back out. Opened the app to find it has all changed, and has no products connected.
Can’t get the app to pair with the mower, has anyone else had this?
Only thing I can think to do is reset all settings on the mower itself?

[CAPP0]

My turn to add a tale of woe...

Awoke the Flymo 1200R out of hibernation this afternoon, the grass was saying it was about time. Changed the blades (had a mare with one of them, the screw snapped clean off, found that I could drive the captive nut out so I replaced it with another). Set it to mow, and it's now making more noise than something with a Briggs & Stratton engine. MrsC could hear it indoors with the doors and windows closed. When I sent it home, i.e running just the wheel motors, it was back to near-silence. I checked that nothing is fouling with the new blades and it doesn't seem to be, so I'm wondering whether the cutter motor bearing(s) have gone home/gone rusty over winter.

Anyone know whether those are replaceable?

[ThunderSpook]

mrpbailey said:

Just got the flymo easilife back out. Opened the app to find it has all changed, and has no products connected.
Can’t get the app to pair with the mower, has anyone else had this?
Only thing I can think to do is reset all settings on the mower itself?

I had the new app which meant a reconnection. Try doing a full reboot. If not then reset user settings.

[Bhamani]

Just got the Flymo out again. Noted the new app. I had no issues re pairing. Aesthetic of the app and functionality seems to be a bit better but not drawing any conclusions just yet.
Was surprised to see the battery still at 99% which was good.
My lawns a mess after the winter. Hope this starts improving the condition soon...

[mrpbailey]

Managed to connect and got him going, but soon as I close the app and re-open there is no memory of the product and it’s no longer connected.
Just keep getting the ‘add a product’ page when I open the app:

.

Will try a full reset tomorrow I think

[ThunderSpook]

I’ve just had the same thing. Looked to be working yesterday, go back in the app today and it’s missing. Went out to the mower and it claims it’s had a low battery, but it’s sat in the dock.

It’s returned to the setup screen, but when I run through the setup on the mower it won’t accept any pin that I enter, just keeps saying pin not accepted no matter what I try.

I guess the next step is battery out?

[ThunderSpook]

Ok all the reviews on the App Store also say the app loses the mower every time you open it. Helpful!

At least it’s not just us.

[ThunderSpook]

Ok I’ve emailed support asking them to fix it. I was a bit sarcastic though so I doubt they’ll reply It’ll take a fortnight for them to read it anyway!