We received a electric lawn mower as a gift (it's a second hand mower) my husband has been using it for several months. The only way he can use it without cutting the electrical cord is pushing and pulling the mower with one hand while pulling, pushing, picking the cord with the other. I think it takes double the time cutting the lawn with this machine....is there a tip that you can give us? maybe something we don't know, like a retractable electrical cord...I don't know....something that you can use to be able to push the machine with both hands
2006-07-16 10:47:54 · 12 answers · asked by carolina n 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
BTW "The Man": 'Electric' would mean..... electricity. 'Battery-powered' would mean.... battery. DUH.
I have an electric; takes a few uses to get the hang of it. Most have a handle that 'flips' from one side to the other, so that the cord stays on the same side of the mower, and you don't have to walk backward, or drag the mower - both of which can be dangerous. Check your mower to see if it has a hinge at the bottom, where the handle attaches to the mower. If so, then you should also have a lever that will unlock the handle and allow you to flip it over to the other side.
Once you figure that out: start mowing closest to where you've plugged in, and walk away from it; make sure that where the cord plugs into the handle stays closest to the 'plug in' point at your house. Then, as you mow further away, the cord stays on the grass that's already been mowed.
2006-07-16 11:03:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
If you cut, make sure that the side of the mower the cable comes out will be on the side you did cut. If you move the mower the width of 1 cut to the un-cut side you are clear of yhe cable and can push with 2 hands.
2006-07-16 10:56:51 · answer #2 · answered by unbelievable 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when i had an electric mower i put the cord over my right shoulder and made sure to keep it out of the way that way the cord was always behind me.btw i loved that mower wish i still had one. it was quiet and cheap to run.
2006-07-16 10:53:22 · answer #3 · answered by starla 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Arrange the cord and the cutting so that you are always working away from the cord...the cord will follow you over the already cut area. Duh> Easiest to push one direction, then pull while going in opposite direction....that way the cord is always on the cut side.
2006-07-16 10:50:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
mow from the direction the cord is pluged into away from that location in a back an forth direction pulling the cord out into the yard as you go
2006-07-16 10:50:22 · answer #5 · answered by aussie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
electric lawn mowers usually dont have cords, they have recahrgable batteries, so they only need to be plugged in after every use.
2006-07-16 10:49:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.That is why most people take 50 bucks go to a pawn shop and buy a gas mower.
2006-07-16 10:50:17 · answer #7 · answered by isaac a 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
omg i haven't seen are heard of those in years......when we were teens my sister and me would take turns....1 would push while the other would hold the cord....I for one hated them...so afraid that her or I would drop it.
2006-07-16 10:53:40 · answer #8 · answered by meemeemee40 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you mow in one direction push it then pull it back it is safer that way.
2006-07-16 10:51:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
fill it up with gas
2006-07-16 10:49:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋