My autonomous lawn mower thread/blog

I'd say after seeding and pin it in with the provider plastic stakes.

Leave those sections free of seed then put cable down then seed. Probably over thinking it though. You'll sort it 👍

Hi all

Still have not set up my Greenworks mower but plan on doing so soon…

Have a LIDL Parkside one working away so have an idea what needs to be done, but am still stumped on how to wire the narrow strip between relevant lawn areas..So, the initial area to mow is a back area where the charging station will be located but larger area to be mowed is a rectangular front lawn that is fairly straightforward (few trees etc). However, to get from the back lawn area that will be mowed out to the front lawn, the mower will travel along a narrow lawn part at the side of the house that has a laurel hedge and kerb either side of it…Its about a meter wide (at narrowest) and 60 feet long before it opens out into the large front lawn. The instructions state that you should use a Guide Wire (essentially the same wire) in such instances and Splice and Guide Wire connectors are provided.

So you would if I understand it correctly (I probably dont!) create 1 loop on the back lawn into the splice, then run the guide wire out from the splice along the narrow strip into another splice and also bring 2 wires out of the splice to create the front lawn loop….

Its the only way I can see it working…Does that sound feasible and correct??

Would I also have to run the guide wire from the splice back to the base charger I wonder?

Thanks in advance for help

Guide wire creates 2 loops as its attached to the middle of the big loop. Guide wire can provide power on a non connected cable it needs to be connected at either end.

Anyone have any recommendations for outdoor plugs for charging stations out of interest

Plenty on Amazon, haven't purchased yet but lots of reviews etc

Depending on the mower model you will have one or more guide wires, one for the main area and one for your secondary area.

Your loop wire should be continuous going from the base station around the main area, across the passageway around the secondary area, back across the passageway and back to the base station. Where the boundary wire crosses the passage way the outgoing and the return wire need to be at least 1 metre apart. The secondary guide wire goes through the middle of your passage way.

I just read the manual for the Greenworks mower and it says that the minimum passage width is 60 cm, it also says that the guide wire needs to be 30 cm from the boundary wire so if the guide wire goes through the middle of your 1m passage then it should work, although if it was me I would try to widen that passage.

Tous Chez!

Love those stripes !

The lidl mower would be ideal.

I think it was there 4 weeks back

Hi all - can anyone help me understand how to set the cutting times . I’ve selected all days and then chose 9am 12 am 2 pm and 5pm however the mower is cutting late at night and early in the morning . I’m probably doing something stupid in setup so any help would be well received !

Kress 101e.

Issue seemed to be that the guide wire was running too close over tree roots which was causing a tilt and loss of grip.

I've rerouted them slightly and so far so good.

So I took the plunge and went for a landroid (got a decent deal on the 1000m one)

I wonder could anyone help here. I was thinking about installing an outdoor socket but it appears as if I dont really need to?

Theres one long power cable coming from the charging station with a connector on it that connects to what looks like a charger/transformer box (small rectangular box sealed in plastic).

Do people normally leave this outside and plug the cable into an outside socket?

Thing is I could just drill a hole in the garge wall with an sds drill, and run the cable through a bit of coduit (maybe seal the hole afterwards with filler/silicone etc and leave the charger box and plug inside to be plugged in there.

I cant see why I couldnt do it this way? Anyone have any opinions, am I missing something? I don't mind installing the outdoor socket but tbh I dont really need it for anything else.