Chris Kennedy
05-01-2010, 6:47 AM
I'm hoping the collective wisdom of the Creek can help me on this.
I was out in my yard, cleaning up the edges of the lawn with the electric weed whacker after I had mowed. I had trimmed around a couple of flower beds, and down one side of the walkway. Released the trigger, walked to the other side to the other side, pulled the trigger to start, and . . .
Nothing. Nada. Nil. Zilch.
It has worked fine until that moment. Never temperamental or anything. Just fine.
I checked the obvious (it hadn't come unplugged, the circuit breaker hadn't been thrown, the GFI was fine, plugged other things into the socket and the extension cord and they worked). The problem is clearly with the trimmer. My problem is, I have no idea where to even start to diagnose the issue. The machine isn't that old (4 years?). Should I even try to fix it, or is this my excuse to buy a gas one?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Chris
I was out in my yard, cleaning up the edges of the lawn with the electric weed whacker after I had mowed. I had trimmed around a couple of flower beds, and down one side of the walkway. Released the trigger, walked to the other side to the other side, pulled the trigger to start, and . . .
Nothing. Nada. Nil. Zilch.
It has worked fine until that moment. Never temperamental or anything. Just fine.
I checked the obvious (it hadn't come unplugged, the circuit breaker hadn't been thrown, the GFI was fine, plugged other things into the socket and the extension cord and they worked). The problem is clearly with the trimmer. My problem is, I have no idea where to even start to diagnose the issue. The machine isn't that old (4 years?). Should I even try to fix it, or is this my excuse to buy a gas one?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Chris