Wolf garten 3200e mower help please

ampersand

Lawn mower no-go, so sortakinda greenfingered, but will also post on DIY.

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http://www.wolf-garten.org/products/lawnmowers/electric-mowers/details.html?tt_products[backPID]=13070&tt_products[product]=56978&tt_products[cat]=2310&cHash=db2c3e2468b38259d14ad41ac0219d3e

Only after dismantling starter/controls [all was fine], did I see the earth wire from the rubber moulded plug, which joins in to start the mower, is severed.

This just shows in the tiny gap between end of the trailing 15m flex and end of plug.

It's a moulded rubber plug. Could I carefully slit this with a cutting tool to re-wire it? The plug casing shelters a pair of 2mm holes into which the fixed round contact pins slot. It's a 15m lead. Mower bought May 2012.

Hope that's clear enough.

Don't want to have to find/fund a whole new lead/plug combo when it's a small fix with simple plugs.

Many thanks.

ampersand

Bumpity bump.

Rain's arrived, so a few more msers might be home to offer ideas :-)

Hoping...

peter_the_piper

Personally, being mains electric I would replace the whole trigger unit. cheap is not so cheap where 240 volts are concerned.
https://www.agroparts.com/ip40_wolfgarten/#/partlist?search-query0=3200&location=009%2F009001%2F0090010091%2F0090010091020%2F0090010091020001

ampersand

Thankyou Peter - that page/info, just wouldn't come up for me, trawl though I did.

It is just the 15metre flex with specialist socket>plug that I need to fix replace - which I don't see there?

peter_the_piper

was working ,try https://www.agroparts.com/ip40_wolfgarten/#/partlist?location=009%2F009001%2F0090010091%2F0090010091020%2F0090010091020001
or https://www.agroparts.com/ip40_wolfgarten/#/filtergroup?location=009

That's weird, it did work both times. Anyway google wolfgarten 3200 spares, click on wolf-garten.org and follow service/spares. I would recommend getting the correct part, messing around with mains electric is not worth the cost.

molerat

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-PIN-FEMALE-EURO-SOCKET-PLUG-SHREDDER-CHAINSAW-/400977120967?hash=item5d5c194ec7
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SOCKET-FOR-EURO-PLUG-2-PIN-USED-FOR-GARDEN-MACHINERY-/361077807229?hash=item5411ea187d
https://www.euronetwork.co.uk/electrical/european-rewirable-plugs

Looks like it is just a standard Shuko type Euro socket, not that common in UK though.

ampersand

Molerat - I am so grateful, thankyou:-)

It didn't occur to me for a moment to graze bay of eek, or similar. Where was brain? No idea.

In fact, Mackays' aladdin's cave is within range and I'll use their freephone no. tomorrow.

https://www.mackay.co.uk/

Thankyou again. No mowing weather atm anyway - a bit of wading of late in this village.

ampersand

Mackays say NO, but suggest H.Gee Electrical Ltd.
http://cambridge.openguides.org/wiki/?H_Gee

Clearly another institution I hadn't known of. Long may they, and their ilk, last.
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Just spoke with a wonderful slow-voiced, quiet-paced, thoughtful gent...will take socket in:-)