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Posted by Dimitrios Paskoudniakis on March 4, 2007, 9:16 am
I have a Black&Decker electric hedge trimmer - you know the kind, with the
thumb safety, the index finger trigger, and the 2-3 ft long shears, which
operates on electrical power from a cord plugged into an outlet.
All of a sudden the unit keeps cutting off even with the trigger held. The
cord is firmly seated for electrical continuity. At one point I had severed
the power cord, repaired it, so was thinking it was the cord, but even with
a new replacement cord the symptom persists, and I do get the intermittent
brief "on" with the original cord. The original cord does provide power for
other things, so it is not the cord, but perhaps the severing shorted
something in the trimmer?
Here's the peculiarity: If I rotate the unit so that it is upside down, it
runs. As soon as I rotate it rightside up, it conks out again.
Any ideas as to what this is, and if it is easily repairable, or do I just
need to buy a new one?
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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on March 4, 2007, 9:36 am
On Mar 4, 9:16=EF=BF=BDam, "Dimitrios Paskoudniakis" <greek...@yeahright.co=
m>
wrote:
> I have a Black&Decker electric hedge trimmer - you know the kind, with the
> thumb safety, the index finger trigger, and the 2-3 ft long shears, which
> operates on electrical power from a cord plugged into an outlet.
>
> All of a sudden the unit keeps cutting off even with the trigger held. =
=A0The
> cord is firmly seated for electrical continuity. =A0At one point I had se=
vered
> the power cord, repaired it, so was thinking it was the cord, but even wi=
th
> a new replacement cord the symptom persists, and I do get the intermittent
> brief "on" with the original cord. =A0The original cord does provide powe=
r for
> other things, so it is not the cord, but perhaps the severing shorted
> something in the trimmer?
>
> Here's the peculiarity: =A0If I rotate the unit so that it is upside down=
, it
> runs. =A0As soon as I rotate it rightside up, it conks out again.
>
> Any ideas as to what this is, and if it is easily repairable, or do I just
> need to buy a new one?
might be a loose brush or the power cord on the trimmer itself is bad,
assuming the trimmer has a short cord attached.
try getting it to barely run then twist the cord.
they are really chep units
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Posted by Dimitrios Paskoudniakis on March 4, 2007, 12:31 pm
wrote:
> I have a Black&Decker electric hedge trimmer - you know the kind, with the
> thumb safety, the index finger trigger, and the 2-3 ft long shears, which
> operates on electrical power from a cord plugged into an outlet.
>
> All of a sudden the unit keeps cutting off even with the trigger held. The
> cord is firmly seated for electrical continuity. At one point I had
> severed
> the power cord, repaired it, so was thinking it was the cord, but even
> with
> a new replacement cord the symptom persists, and I do get the intermittent
> brief "on" with the original cord. The original cord does provide power
> for
> other things, so it is not the cord, but perhaps the severing shorted
> something in the trimmer?
>
> Here's the peculiarity: If I rotate the unit so that it is upside down, it
> runs. As soon as I rotate it rightside up, it conks out again.
>
> Any ideas as to what this is, and if it is easily repairable, or do I just
> need to buy a new one?
might be a loose brush or the power cord on the trimmer itself is bad,
assuming the trimmer has a short cord attached.
try getting it to barely run then twist the cord.
they are really chep units
No cord on the unit - the receptacle is built into the unit.
Picture here -
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=185872-000000070-TR1700&lpage=none
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Posted by Jeff Wisnia on March 4, 2007, 2:25 pm
Dimitrios Paskoudniakis wrote:
> I have a Black&Decker electric hedge trimmer - you know the kind, with the
> thumb safety, the index finger trigger, and the 2-3 ft long shears, which
> operates on electrical power from a cord plugged into an outlet.
>
> All of a sudden the unit keeps cutting off even with the trigger held. The
> cord is firmly seated for electrical continuity. At one point I had severed
> the power cord, repaired it, so was thinking it was the cord, but even with
> a new replacement cord the symptom persists, and I do get the intermittent
> brief "on" with the original cord. The original cord does provide power for
> other things, so it is not the cord, but perhaps the severing shorted
> something in the trimmer?
>
> Here's the peculiarity: If I rotate the unit so that it is upside down, it
> runs. As soon as I rotate it rightside up, it conks out again.
>
> Any ideas as to what this is, and if it is easily repairable, or do I just
> need to buy a new one?
>
>
My guess is that the brushes are worn down and the commutator is worn to
a slightly smaller diameter where they have been riding on it. When you
flip the unit over the armature may slide slightly endways within the
limits of the bearing spacing and bring the unworn portion of the
commutator into contact with the brushes, so it starts.
Brushes are easy and cheap to replace yourself. Check it out.
Good Luck,
Jeff
--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.98*10^14 fathoms per fortnight.
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Posted by Eigenvector on March 4, 2007, 3:19 pm
> Dimitrios Paskoudniakis wrote:
>> I have a Black&Decker electric hedge trimmer - you know the kind, with
>> the thumb safety, the index finger trigger, and the 2-3 ft long shears,
>> which operates on electrical power from a cord plugged into an outlet.
>>
>> All of a sudden the unit keeps cutting off even with the trigger held.
>> The cord is firmly seated for electrical continuity. At one point I had
>> severed the power cord, repaired it, so was thinking it was the cord, but
>> even with a new replacement cord the symptom persists, and I do get the
>> intermittent brief "on" with the original cord. The original cord does
>> provide power for other things, so it is not the cord, but perhaps the
>> severing shorted something in the trimmer?
>>
>> Here's the peculiarity: If I rotate the unit so that it is upside down,
>> it runs. As soon as I rotate it rightside up, it conks out again.
>>
>> Any ideas as to what this is, and if it is easily repairable, or do I
>> just need to buy a new one?
>
> My guess is that the brushes are worn down and the commutator is worn to a
> slightly smaller diameter where they have been riding on it. When you flip
> the unit over the armature may slide slightly endways within the limits of
> the bearing spacing and bring the unworn portion of the commutator into
> contact with the brushes, so it starts.
>
> Brushes are easy and cheap to replace yourself. Check it out.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Jeff
>
Yeah, that sounds right.
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