Husqvarna is tough to get any consumer end contact information from. Everything is
routed through dealers. I do understand the reasoning behind this, but there are
times that you may need to bypass the dealer.
I have indeed noticed what you describe. Yet I have had two Husqvarna staffers visit
the property! One was a demonstrator (along with a local dealer rep) and he made
some suggestions about potential hazards to an automower in the mowing zone.
I've remedied one and started on another two. The said demonstrator also said that
the site would tax any 230 to it's limit and maybe I'd need two! (Perhaps he has
a money tree in his yard?)
Later, I had another visit from the
Husqvarna dealer territory manager. He said that
the 260 would be so much better, so I should wait until the 260 model was released
in New Zealand. He gave an indicative date, and, with a wry smile, said that the date
he gave me may be, ahhhh, 'elastic,' as it was the second release date, so far. :wink:
It looks like there is not much Husqvarna dealer presence in New Zealand.
We have a fair spread, but the automower is in the once-a-year sale category, from
what I can tell. Brush cutter, chainsaws and ride-on mowers seem to be the categories
most favoured. Which is why you're right on the button with this comment:
I do not anticipate any local dealer will be very knowledgeable regarding this type
of equipment.
I will have to look into the control systems on this mower.
Thanks. It's complicated but there's no need for it to be beyond comprehension by an
end consumer with a few clues. When I used to re-build the Toro 70" Pro machines
and supply parts to dealers, I gave advice to anyone that asked. Often, dealers would
refer end users to me, after checking if I was OK with that. We all won, that way.
The automower is using a 'twin wire' perimeter system. I can only speculate that one
run is for boundary & the other is communication?
Do you mean multi-strand, rather than two wires? From the manual, there only seems
to be one wire. But the manual's mention of special jointers supplied (and the illustration)
doesn't look like they are jointing anything other than one internal wire, though.
When the demonstrator was here, he spoke of directional signals going down the wire.
He explained that running a wire in from the perimeter to a no-go island like a flower bed
still allowed the automower to cross the there-and-back runs of wire to the flower bed.
He said that the reason the there-and-back wires must be together was that the signals
cancelled out, one going one way and the reverse. It was that which enabled the auto-
mower to cross them.
So that may mean some sort of extra ADSL-like signal is going around the perimeter
wire. One for the boundary limit and one for your cease-and-desist order to come from,
when the power goes out.
Maybe it means a UPS is necessary? All very interesting.
Post back with anything you discover. I will do the same. :smile:
Will do!
