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15435 Bob and Barbara
eventtravelers Send Email
Nov 4, 2008
3:57 pm
No, messages in a week? I guess everybodys Robos are working PERFECTLY! I know mine are... except they don't do well mulching up the leaves. Have to break out...
15436 Ben Sporl
bsporl Send Email
Nov 4, 2008
4:08 pm
My grass stopped growing (Texas). I see my mowers sleeping in the garage everyday (secretly thinking they are lazy). ________________________________ From:...
15437 IggyKC@...
iggykc Send Email
Nov 4, 2008
4:08 pm
Bob, it's election week - everybody is voting for Obama :o) My mower is working just fine. I am on my way to list a house for sale and then I have a flight to...
15438 Christopher Zach
cz_unit Send Email
Nov 4, 2008
4:16 pm
Mine's doing fine; it mows down Obama and McCain signs. Who would have known it was built by a Libertarian? Anyway, I also got another set of batteries out of...
15439 Tom Stewart
Tstewartjr Send Email
Nov 4, 2008
6:04 pm
I mulch leaves with low cut blades and the mower wheels down in the back and medium on front wheel.  Not perfect mulching, but enough to keep the leaves from...
15440 bty687783 Send Email Nov 4, 2008
6:06 pm
Greetings from Scotland. We have our first snow in the Highlands so my Robo is in the garage for the winter. You may remember I had a problem where my Robo...
15441 Melissa
melissajax Send Email
Nov 9, 2008
4:47 pm
My mowers are put away for the winter. A couple weeks ago, I found one of the Automowers stopped in the yard, bleating for help. We had so much frost that...
15442 Ben Sporl
bsporl Send Email
Nov 9, 2008
5:06 pm
Have you tried the new solar power Husqvarna mower? Any comments about it? Also, as a new dealer you should be plugging your web-site. ...
15443 Melissa
melissajax Send Email
Nov 9, 2008
9:27 pm
... Oh, I will be, when it has something to say. I hope to have more content online this week. I haven't tried the solar mower yet. I will be ordering one...
15444 Leszek Skulski
leszek68 Send Email
Nov 9, 2008
9:27 pm
As far asd your comment of mowers not workign perfectly, I had two Robomowers fail in one week.  My RL800 had the keypad go bad out of the blue.  A $120 fix...
15445 IggyKC@...
iggykc Send Email
Nov 9, 2008
9:30 pm
I've had RL500 and 1000 leave the perimeter wire and land on the street once and also in the back yard of two of my neighbors. ... [Non-text portions of this...
15446 Christopher Zach
cz_unit Send Email
Nov 9, 2008
9:32 pm
... Neat! So it actually got 10 feet into the lake before it died? I'm impressed; must be the rain-proofing. I'm not sure if the Robomower boards are conformal...
15447 Tom Stewart
Tstewartjr Send Email
Nov 10, 2008
12:33 am
Yes I have had the same problem.  Twice my RL1000 left my yard and entered the neighbors.  I have also had the mower run along the perimeter wire in the...
15448 Dan Barclay
Dan@... Send Email
Nov 10, 2008
12:39 am
Hi Tom, Do you have more than one zone set up? If so, do they come close to each other (within 5 or 6 feet)? That's one thing that can cause a mower to get...
15449 Leszek Skulski
leszek68 Send Email
Nov 10, 2008
4:06 am
I took the cover off and got all the water out and blew compressed air in there as best I could to get all the water out and then sat it on the heated tikle...
15450 Leszek Skulski
leszek68 Send Email
Nov 10, 2008
4:06 am
I do have 3 zones, but I have read all of the cautions about the proximity of the zones.  I read that they should be 5 feet apart.  I am always one to go the...
15451 Dan Barclay
Dan@... Send Email
Nov 10, 2008
4:15 am
My experience is that 5 feet should be enough. I actually have some that are much closer (between 1 and 2 feet), but have a fence between them. My own tests...
15452 Tom Stewart
Tstewartjr Send Email
Nov 10, 2008
1:37 pm
Hey Dan, I have one continuous wire comprising 4 zones.  The zones are approximately 18 inches apart and the tunnels 12 inches wide.  At the end of a zone,...
15453 Dan Barclay
Dan@... Send Email
Nov 10, 2008
4:20 pm
A couple of things: First, one continuous wire would have 4 "areas" but they'd be on one "zone" (one perimeter switch or dock). I used to call those separate...
15454 Danny Miller
oznog2002 Send Email
Nov 10, 2008
8:18 pm
It is the first signs of it becoming self-aware and wanting to rebel against its human masters. Don't go to sleep with the mower running. Next thing you know...
15455 Bill
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Nov 10, 2008
9:46 pm
<> It is the first signs of it becoming self-aware> ... That's why you should NEVER give them names. Additionally........ never get them wet....... or feed...
15456 Leszek Skulski
leszek68 Send Email
Nov 11, 2008
3:46 am
I guess I have what you call walls then.  I have them 7 feet apart.  You suppose I can put them closer?  I mow the spots between walls with a 48 volt...
15457 Dan Barclay
Dan@... Send Email
Nov 11, 2008
4:06 am
I've had success with "walls" of 12 to 18 inches separation so long as it is driven by the same perimeter switch or dock. You do need to "ramp" the clearance...
15458 ruby4980 Send Email Nov 11, 2008
1:12 pm
The thread about rogue mowers reminded me that I have a question about perimeters. This summer I changed my perimeter from one really big one to two smaller...
15459 Dan Barclay
Dan@... Send Email
Nov 12, 2008
3:19 am
Deborah, I think you can go through the "set entry points" procedure and it will reset the total distance around as well. I'm not absolutely certain, but I ...
15460 Deborah Bede
ruby4980 Send Email
Nov 12, 2008
9:58 pm
Thanks Dan - Guess I should have asked this question earlier, the mower is put away for the winter. I'll try it in the spring and report back, Deborah ...
15461 Bob and Barbara
eventtravelers Send Email
Nov 13, 2008
4:31 pm
Deborah, Do you have two perimeter areas with one wire docking zone? Or two dock zones with separate perimeter switches? Bob...
15462 Bob and Barbara
eventtravelers Send Email
Nov 13, 2008
4:54 pm
That's a Big Problem waiting to happen!! Four years ago when I got my 2 RL1000s, I realized quickly that 2 Robos can't run at the same time in different...
15463 Deborah Bede
ruby4980 Send Email
Nov 14, 2008
12:34 pm
Hi Bob: I actually have three perimeters, one on the base station and the other two sharing a perimeter switch. Those two areas are about 15' apart, although ...
15464 Bob and Barbara
eventtravelers Send Email
Nov 14, 2008
4:38 pm
Hi Deborah, I beleive that if you reset the Entry points back to the factory default settings then it will relearn the new shorter distance of the docking...
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