I have an RL500. I have setup 3 of these units and each one indicates a broken wire when I use a full (500') spool of wire, yet if I bring out my multimeter...
Storing Your Battery for Long Periods of Time: If you use your battery for seasonal activities only and must store it for extended periods of time, a battery...
Rechargeable Cells Lead Acid http://www.mpoweruk.com/storage.htm When a lead acid battery is fully or partially discharged, lead sulphate forms at the...
... I got about two useful years out of the original FR's, and am struggling to justify the price difference. A 50% reduction in duty cycle is significant,...
Yes, In simpler terms: The amount of times in which you can fully/partially recharge and discharge a battery is what I am referring to. One full recharge and...
After spending the morning tracing broken wires via the bisection method (strip coating on wire at half way point for short circuit testing of each half), I...
I've been out of the Scooba and Roomba discussion group for a while. Are there any new developments? I am interested in quality issues mostly - do the members...
Now that everybody has tweaked there Robomowers to the max this summer. Did anybody enter the $2 million DARPA Grand challenge? Should be a peace of cake for a...
At this page: http://www.friendlyrobotics.com/robomow/mowers/ with the specs: "Mowing Power 5.5 HP equivalent Mowing motors 3 x 150W motors" Friendly Robotics...
I have a 3 year old RL 800 that is displaying a message "move from wire" no matter where I put it to start. I also have a 550 that works fine so it is not the...
Group, An older Friendly Robotics Distributor is now going out of business. They have not been an authorized dealer for some time now (maybe 2 yrs) and would...
... From: tysamigo@... In defense of FR...FR also lacks the administrative staff to make a large change. I'm very impressed with the private company's...
Original message: In defense of FR...FR also lacks the administrative staff to make a large change. I'm very impressed with the private company's current...
Noticed today that I get wire cut signal on the perimeter switch. Sprinkler people were installing a system at my neighbors :o( but I have no way to prove it,...
Hi all. I'm looking into these mowers, and have read some of the posts here and have spent some time with the manuals for the FR-RL-1000 and the Ambrogio...
Thanks for the responses to my last question. I'm building a house and I'm going to have 2 acres to mow next spring. I've never mowed before in my life and I'm...
The time for winterizing my RL1000 is coming soon for me. I have a question, though. In the official FR winterization documentation, they call for the...
Hello all, I'm in Louisville, KY, USA and just spoke with Tyler. As it happens, I am lucky to have him living in my backyard (or me in his). Anyway, before I...
People, If you have placed in the past some files to files and photos of the Robomower group at www.yahoogroups.com/groups/robomower remove files that are...
What's the maximum distance the RL1000 can learn for setting entry zones? Say I have 2500ft of perimeter wire. If the maximum distance the RL1000 can learn is...
I received my new RL-1000 last week and got to play with it this past weekend. When I first wired up my backyard, I made the entire backyard one large zone....
The house we're moving to already has an invisible fence installed and we don't have a dog. Can I grab the wires from the invisible fence and use them for the...
... From: "Bob and Barbara" <eventtravelers@...> ... Guys, cut away all the unnecessary fat from your e-mails - there is a whole lot of stuff under your...
How many zones can I run off one wire? Right now I'm running two zones and may need to redo my zones to include another one. My mower is getting stuck trying...
I notice some folks are thinking $30-$40 for a single battery is a good deal. I bought YUASA batteries for $19.99 + $6.99 shipping each from here on FleaBay: ...
I just finished upgrading my RL500's eprom. All I can say is wow. Night and day difference. Thanks to Matt Cooper at www.automatetools.com I got the chip in...
