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16667 Barbara B
eventtravelers Send Email
Feb 6, 2010
5:16 pm
In my area (Northern Virginia), Interstate Battery now pays $6 per battery. So you may want to check your area. Bob...
16668 Danny Miller
oznog2002 Send Email
Feb 6, 2010
6:20 pm
Well, I know there's a slew of state-by-state recycling laws that allow or require one of two things: A nonrefundable state recycling fee with every battery...
16669 jeff
rainycityguy Send Email
Feb 20, 2010
11:58 pm
Ron at batteryspec gave me a small discount on TR22-12s if interested (51.80). Also Probotics.com has blades at about $60 and no shipping costs. Cheapest I...
16670 Ben Sporl
bsporl Send Email
Feb 21, 2010
4:02 pm
That reminds me. I need to wake the Romomowers from their deep sleep, clean out the cobwebs, and see if they need any parts (AKA blades, etc...). Here are...
16671 Danny Miller
oznog2002 Send Email
Feb 21, 2010
11:26 pm
I would not recommend the TR22-12 as much as the TD22-12. The TD22-12 should perform better (longer) in tough Robomower duty. Danny...
16672 Tim Wolff
tiberius6992000 Send Email
Feb 22, 2010
6:18 pm
A good price for blades, but the site has a $100 minimum order, so you're in for 3 sets. The shipping is high too @ $26 and change for 3 sets to Michigan....
16673 Ben Sporl
bsporl Send Email
Feb 22, 2010
7:01 pm
$100 minimum? That's crazy. Good catch. Here are a few other deals: $52 Shipped http://www.unbeatablesale.com/st078.html $52 Shipped ...
16674 Tim Wolff
tiberius6992000 Send Email
Feb 22, 2010
7:10 pm
Danger Will Robinson!! The descriptions in the pages linked appear to be for a single low cut blade...as in one of the blades out of the 3-blade set. There...
16675 Tim Wolff
tiberius6992000 Send Email
Feb 22, 2010
7:39 pm
Crud, Got a cancellation notice on my order for 3 sets :( No ETA on availablility. Tim ... _________________________________________________________________ ...
16676 swjenkins@...
kirk498 Send Email
Feb 23, 2010
12:53 pm
Speaking of spring deals and accessories for the Robomower, I have a brand new set of Robomower knobby tires I'd like to sell. I purchased these last year and...
16677 Ben Sporl
bsporl Send Email
Feb 23, 2010
2:10 pm
Question, did you wear down your knobby tires or are you upgrading from the RL500 slicks? ________________________________ From: "swjenkins@..."...
16678 jeff
rainycityguy Send Email
Feb 23, 2010
7:40 pm
I'm getting some TD22-12s. What gauge and type wire should I use since this are higher amps? Figured I'd do new wires since the ends need a different connector...
16679 Danny Miller
oznog2002 Send Email
Feb 23, 2010
8:51 pm
The battery has higher capacity, but this does not change the amps of current drawn. The amps depend entirely on the MOWER load, not the battery. There is no...
16680 wolfbob
wolfrobert Send Email
Feb 23, 2010
9:15 pm
The amps will be the same; its the hours in the increased amnpHours that will increase. WBob ... From: jeff To: RoboMower@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday,...
16681 pamela
anemoi99 Send Email
Feb 23, 2010
9:29 pm
On my Robomow RL1000 last summer, I had the message "Replace Lamp". I didn't attend to replacing it then, but am wondering if I should attend to it now. As I...
16682 Robert Silva
rsilva275 Send Email
Feb 23, 2010
9:58 pm
The lamp lens just prys off to expose the bulb, if I recall correctly. No need to remove the top "shell". I never found a replacement bulb so I just ran mine...
16683 samloffdavid Send Email Feb 24, 2010
2:29 am
The lamp is a 24-volt bulb and I have not been able to find a replacement. My RL-1000 has been running since early summer without the bulb with no known...
16684 swjenkins@...
kirk498 Send Email
Feb 24, 2010
12:58 pm
I have the RL850 so I had knobby tires when I bought the unit. I wore those things down pretty good over a 5 year period and that's why I made the purchase...
16685 Geri
geierberg Send Email
Feb 24, 2010
12:58 pm
My RL-800 was running for about 2 years without the bulb. There was no negative effect on the system. Finally I got 10 pieces of bulbs on ebay. I got them for...
16686 Frans
vandervoordef Send Email
Feb 24, 2010
1:00 pm
As Follows: Remove the Power Pack from the Robomow. Insert a flat screwdriver into the notch of the lamp cover and lift. Be cautious not to pinch or damage the...
16687 Danny Miller
oznog2002 Send Email
Feb 24, 2010
3:21 pm
http://robomowerwiki.com/index.php/Lamp_Board LED upgrade. I might start making the boards to do this, it's a pretty excellent upgrade. Not just because it...
16688 wolfbob
wolfrobert Send Email
Feb 24, 2010
4:43 pm
I bought 10 LEDs delivered for $7.50 from besthongkong as defined by Danny. I intend to destroy the lamp to get the socket and solder two resistors (I do not...
16689 Danny Miller
oznog2002 Send Email
Feb 24, 2010
5:05 pm
I didn't recommend the BestHongKong LEDs. I greatly preferred the 4-pin LED packages below that, they're much more capable of high power. I used two strings...
16690 Danny Miller
oznog2002 Send Email
Feb 24, 2010
5:10 pm
Oh yeah... those BestHongKong LEDs are also white LEDs, which are really not a good choice since most of the light will be stopped by the color filter. You...
16691 wolfbob
wolfrobert Send Email
Feb 24, 2010
5:42 pm
Sorry Danny...I only read a little ways into the Wiki. I was confused as to who wrote the first part. I see now that you used a bunch of the minidip LEDs...
16692 Doug
douglsmith1 Send Email
Feb 24, 2010
6:05 pm
You can just pry off the orange cover. For more details about the lamp and how some of us have replaced them with LEDs, see...
16693 Danny Miller
oznog2002 Send Email
Feb 24, 2010
6:21 pm
More resistance. (25.2v batt voltage - 4x 3.3v )=12v across the resistor 12v/250 ohms=48mA. The LED has a nominal forward current of 20mA. 48mA probably...
16694 wolfbob
wolfrobert Send Email
Feb 24, 2010
8:35 pm
I found the second number you recommended for like $.44 each from Mouser. They are 75 mA, 3.3 V giving a resistor of 160 ohms total or since I dont have...
16695 Danny Miller
oznog2002 Send Email
Feb 24, 2010
8:59 pm
Well, you can do 6 in series, that's great. As the ratio of total LED voltage to resistor drop increases, the losses and heat in the resistor go down, but it...
16696 noahtull Send Email Feb 25, 2010
12:05 am
I've had my mower (RL1000) for a while but I'm now experiencing charging and docking problems so excuse my ignorance if this doesn't make sense since I'm new...
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