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Zoon said:
33q said:
I have connected my 1200R via a smart plug....a Hive in my case
This allows me to further control my time periods when I mow. Or if the weather is bad I can delay or cancel mowing
To me it’s a useful
I assume as the boundary is powered down the mower stays in it's dock.This allows me to further control my time periods when I mow. Or if the weather is bad I can delay or cancel mowing
To me it’s a useful
Podie said:
snake_oil said:
Googly eyes arriving tomorrow 
Awaiting photo...
and too small (pic on Amazon had no concept of scale). Considering cutting a ping pong ball in half now...Timely thread bump. My kindly father in law was digging or beds and put a spade through the boundary wire. Didn't notice and meant I had to spend a fair amount of time diagnosing the break, all done now and Mo is catching up on a week of inactivity.
snake_oil said:
They were fecking non stick ones and too small (pic on Amazon had no concept of scale). Considering cutting a ping pong ball in half now...
Timely thread bump. My kindly father in law was digging or beds and put a spade through the boundary wire. Didn't notice and meant I had to spend a fair amount of time diagnosing the break, all done now and Mo is catching up on a week of inactivity.
Exactly what happened to me: who'd have thought googly eyes that are NOT sticky would even exist! and too small (pic on Amazon had no concept of scale). Considering cutting a ping pong ball in half now...Timely thread bump. My kindly father in law was digging or beds and put a spade through the boundary wire. Didn't notice and meant I had to spend a fair amount of time diagnosing the break, all done now and Mo is catching up on a week of inactivity.
Get some double sided tape, it's worth the effort:
Chris Type R said:
Bah! Tried to wire up the rear garden today and found myself about 5m short of wire (and pegs).
Good luck extending it....it's the hardest part of ownership!
This is interesting;
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Robotic-Lawn-Mower-Ambr...
Not sure that listing will run as it's against Ebay's t&c.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Robotic-Lawn-Mower-Ambr...
Not sure that listing will run as it's against Ebay's t&c.
Zoon said:
33q said:
Yes stays put
Tried this yesterday and it appears to send the dock into a bit of a strange mode, just a rapidly blinking red light and inactive mower.Needed a complete power down of the dock to reset (pulled the plug out the back).
mikeiow said:
snake_oil said:
They were fecking non stick ones and too small (pic on Amazon had no concept of scale). Considering cutting a ping pong ball in half now...
Timely thread bump. My kindly father in law was digging or beds and put a spade through the boundary wire. Didn't notice and meant I had to spend a fair amount of time diagnosing the break, all done now and Mo is catching up on a week of inactivity.
Exactly what happened to me: who'd have thought googly eyes that are NOT sticky would even exist! and too small (pic on Amazon had no concept of scale). Considering cutting a ping pong ball in half now...Timely thread bump. My kindly father in law was digging or beds and put a spade through the boundary wire. Didn't notice and meant I had to spend a fair amount of time diagnosing the break, all done now and Mo is catching up on a week of inactivity.
Get some double sided tape, it's worth the effort:
Hey folks. Just about to move into a new property at the beginning of November and while this isn't exactly prime grass growing season I need to get organised.
I'm moving from a house that had a lawn maybe 40-50m² and now have a law area of about 560m² according to the Husqvarna calculator. The lawn is fairly standard, no big slopes but has a tight passage (fnarr fnarr) that the mower would have to navigate.
Husqvarna is recommending the 310, and was wondering if I should just go for that?
I'm moving from a house that had a lawn maybe 40-50m² and now have a law area of about 560m² according to the Husqvarna calculator. The lawn is fairly standard, no big slopes but has a tight passage (fnarr fnarr) that the mower would have to navigate.
Husqvarna is recommending the 310, and was wondering if I should just go for that?
A similar problem. I have a passageway between front and back gardens. 900mm concrete with a gradually increasing grass border starting at 190mm and widening to 500mm. Everything is on the same level. A rough wall on the concrete side and wooden fence along the grass. Total length 15M. I have just ordered a Flymo 1200R and would ideally set it up to automatically deal with both areas without having it kill itself on the wall or fence. I realise I will probably have to cut at least one track in the concrete but for the convenience that is an acceptable effort. An alternative might be to source a heavy duty rubber mat to cover the wires. I think I read somewhere that someone just ran a three core electric cable through a similar path, two for the perimeter and a guide for return. He claimed that he just ran this along the middle of the path but is that viable? My own thought is that I have just enough room to run the perimeter loop wire out and back staying the recommended 300mm in from the edges and the guide wire straight up the middle between these. The middle space will be at least 600mm. Any thoughts? Would a single three core cable confuse the poor Robo?
Straight Gent said:
A similar problem. I have a passagedway between front and back gardens. 900mm concrete with a gradually increasing grass border starting at 190mm and widening to 500mm. Everything is on the same level. A rough wall on the concrete side and wooden fence along the grass. Total length 15M. I have just ordered a Flymo 1200R and would ideally set it up to automatically deal with both areas without having it kill itself on the wall or fence. I realise I will probably have to cut at least one track in the concrete but for the convenience that is an acceptable effort. An alternative might be to source a heavy duty rubber mat to cover the wires. I think I read somewhere that someone just ran a three core electric cable through a similar path, two for the perimeter and a guide for return. He claimed that he just ran this along the middle of the path but is that viable? My own thought is that I have just enough room to run the perimeter loop wire out and back staying the recommended 300mm in from the edges and the guide wire straight up the middle between these. The middle space will be at least 600mm. Any thoughts? Would a single three core cable confuse the poor Robo?
The 1200R does not directly track over the guide wire. In fact it keeps a varying distances to avoid tramlining. Straight Gent said:
My own thought is that I have just enough room to run the perimeter loop wire out and back staying the recommended 300mm in from the edges and the guide wire straight up the middle between these. The middle space will be at least 600mm. Any thoughts?
Flymo always stays to the right of the guide wire on the way out and to the left of it on the way home. So it is always on the one side of the wire (not on top of it). So you would run the guide wire close to the boundary wire, rather than in the middle.[Quote]Would a single three core cable confuse the poor Robo?
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