Locating Break

This video is about locating a break in an automower cable or wire using an AM radio

[@dodellerno7046]

5 years and you are still helping people!!! thank you so much, wouldnt find a tear without your help. and it was so accurate. hope only good things go your way!

[@ebbo1491]

This really helped on my landroid. Except I got better results whenever the positive node is connected. And much better result when both nodes were connected. It turns out my point of failure was the splice connector. I would have expected those to last for a long time.

[@herrmannhtcmeier989]

Thanks so much for sharing the idea! Safed me a lot of money, time and wasted nerves. It also works with FM radio - just found my own break in the wire successfully!

[@martingijsen3446]

Thank you for sharing this video. It worked fine for me without having to buy an expensive wire tracker.

[@evil7529]

I thought for a moment it was Sir David Attenborough helping us study the life of wild mowers.

[@andrewjones2270]

Thank you. Your clear instructions helped me find the break in 10 minutes.

[@Sjithue]

Thanks a lot! Using an AM radio was much easier than the set shown in this video. If we could only not break the wire while planting everything would be perfect.

[@esbenmortensen5083]

Dude! You have an awesome approach and a lovely storytelling voice! 📖 🤓Thank for this tip! Very useful! 💪

[@JorgeVidalLeal79]

It's like listening to the Sir David Attenborough of garden explorers. 😂 big suspense, then... the revelation!

[@leonbrubaker5052]

Used my garden tiller and my dewalt radio. Worked like a charm!!

[@DaskaiserreichNet78]

Thank you for this helpful upload.

[@h3ctic]

Thanks for this video! :) Some humour, fairly straight to the point, informative and VERY helpful. (I have no idea why someone would thumb this video down...if I could thumb it up more than once I would!)

[@miket1216]

First 40 seconds: this British guy gets me. The flashing light of gloom. Cheers from my 🇺🇸 430X, thanks for the vid!

[@bobrs45]

That worked a treat thanks for the video 😁

[@banginghats2]

Brilliant video, thanks.

[@Bill-zp2mt]

Thanks, nice and informative =D

[@GraniteDad]

Very helpful!

[@pandagamingtw]

Brilliant thanks so much for this

[@MrBracek]

Very informative - thank you for this. I presume that this could also be used to check the guide wires are all still fully connected by keeping them plugged in and then working along the length it is supposed to be laid and if there is a break the signal will stop? Also, do you get that sound from the wires if they are buried under the surface, not laid on top with pegs?

[@ap11235]

Thanks this was really helpful. I am a bit concerned that, having spent > £2000 on the mower I've traded one set of problems (mowing the lawn) for another (fixing the guide wire). I've only been running it for a season. How many instances of broken guide wires have you encountered, and over what time period?

[@shishkova]

Thanks! I'll try it!

[@ksmith7122]

Does not work with Flymo 1200R set-up. I tuned an AM radio away from any channel, and tried the available frequency range, including lowest frewquencies to find my wire break. It did not work. I then checked the tech specs and found that Flymo lists "boundary wire antenna" for the 1200R as having operating frequency between 80 Hz and 80 KHz. AM is not low enough to detect this.

[@nicofieuhome]

Bonjour, mon fil est sectionné quelque part mais je ne sais forcément pas où...un raccord dans le sol a du se défaire, est-ce que cette technique me permettrait à priori de localiser l'endroit précis ? Je suppose que le son s'arrête là où le câble est sectionné non ? Faut-il au préalable brancher/débrancher quelque chose ? Merci pour cette vidéo en tous cas

[@anderstaranger2039]

Thank you for sharing! Just have to find an old AM radio then :)

[@thomasschwarz1973]

Thanks!

[@andrebroccart8220]

Parfait et bien expliqué merci

[@lorus511]

Can you tell me please why do you have to disconnect one side of the circuit when there is already a break in the cable?

[@notyme]

I just did this today and from what I can tell if you don't unhook one side each side will still get power and you will have to locate the gap where the break is. Versus unhooking one side and that side of the break won't have power. Then you can follow that side until you sense power or you can start with the side that has power and track it until you lose the signal. That's where yiur break will be.

[@Sturb100]

Ah. This explains it better than the video, thanks.

[@kirok3184]

𝙇𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙘!---Khan

[@moretacos1]

The radio trick didn't work for me; all I got was Mexican radio. After walking the whole perimeter the only thing I noticed was an ant mound. I wondered if ants ate thru the wire so I dug into the ant mound, and sure enough, the wire was broken.

[@fu1r4]

I don't think the antenna make any difference. AM use a long ferrite core or a loop antenna and not a retractable antenna.

[@DavidJohnson-hb6gh]

Okay, I used it and found a break, but still get "no loop signal" even though the entire wire shows a signal. I even tried from both sides. Clearly the signal fades over distance but it says I have a complete loop. So I am confused. Another problem is that where we live there are almost no free frequencies on AM. And the radio we have has noise reduction so it eliminates the static. Anyway, great video! I haven't solved my problem but it definitely helped.

[@DavidJohnson-hb6gh]

I figured it out. First, I had 2 breaks, and second, I have guide wires on my model which were also putting out a signal, so this was confusing me. A good start for the procedure is to disconnect ALL wires and make sure there is no signal on the radio. In all fairness he did say to disconnect one loop wire, but I didn't realize that there were other wires emitting signals. Plus, I had a bad connector at the base. And furthermore one of my breaks was next to the station.

[@Truthbomb918]

This is very hit and miss, if ur going to spend the money on an automower then go ahead and spend a little more on a proper cable finder. It will save u hours and possibly ur mind as a break is unbelievably stressful to find if it's not an obvious break

[@1255You]

Perhaps you could add some loud music in addition to the lo static that way we won't be to hear anything you're saying at all.

[@Jokid1146]

Longwave works better.

[@sirevag]

Your radio is annoyingly loud and we cannot hear you