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Lawnbott / Wheel Motor Adjustment?

« Last post by scotton on June 17, 2017, 12:10:51 PM »

I have a 2150 that I replaced wheel motor brushes last season and have noticed that one wheel seemed to be moving faster than the other. I found the instructions for testing the motors and it confirmed that one wheel was slightly faster than the other. I thought I saw somewhere in the past you could make an adjustment on these motors to synchronize them, can anybody deny or confirm ? Any help much appreciated !!

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Lawnbott / IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT LawnBott is now Ambrogio!

« Last post by RobotLady on June 09, 2017, 12:50:51 PM »

Dear LawnBott Fans,

I am writing to inform you the LawnBott robot mower is alive and well, **but** we are re-branding LawnBott under the name "Ambrogio Robot", the original name assigned by the manufacturer in Italy and used all over Europe.  Take a look at your LawnBott's owner's manual - it says "Ambrogio".

Also, we are now working directly with the manufacturer in Italy, Zucchetti Centro Sistemi, SpA as the USA & Canada Distributor.  We are in the process of building-up our Ambrogio/LawnBott parts inventory and we have robots on order.  You can see the models we are carrying here:

http://www.paradiserobotics.com/robotic-lawn-mowers

LawnBott parts are coming soon for robots manufactured in 2009 or later that were sold in the USA, including upgrades!!

You may find confusing information at other former internet dealers' web sites.  Just come here instead, we will help you.

RobotLady






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Lawnbott / Re: Out of border error, wont back out of base.

« Last post by RobotLady on May 23, 2017, 10:01:48 PM »

What error message is shown on the display?

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Lawnbott / Re: LB3510 Not charging

« Last post by RobotLady on May 22, 2017, 04:22:50 PM »

Ambient temperature can have an affect, but more likely it's something like dull blade, charge contacts, etc.  If you let it go fully dead, even one time, it will affect run time, but just keep running it - eventually it will recover.

Cleaning oxidation off the charge base contacts needs to happen each Spring.

We have recently posted troubleshooting guides and Winter Service information here:

http://www.paradiserobotics.com/dealer-information

There is a "Short Run Times" troubleshooting guide and others, also.  Even clogged wheels will impact run time.

As for "service menu rapid charge" in the service menu, I have not heard of that setting before.  I would have to investigate it and report back.

RobotLady

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Lawnbott / Re: LB3510 Not charging

« Last post by Botman on May 05, 2017, 06:07:49 PM »

Also check if your charger enters rapid charge mode when the bot returns to the charger.  The light on the battery charger will be red instead of green (if the voltage is low).  I've had problems with the bot returning to the charger with only 2600 on the readout and it doesn't enter rapid charge mode so it will only increase by 50 points before the next mow (using general numbers for example).  Cleaning up all the contacts seem to correct the problem.  Also I remember in the service manual a setting to force the bot to always rapid charge - but I would want robotlady's input on that one before changing that setting.

Another pattern I have noted, but not sure if it is real is that these problems tend to occur for me in the spring and fall so I am not sure if ambient temperature can play a role.

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Lawnbott / Re: LB3510 Not charging

« Last post by moti on May 04, 2017, 08:41:43 PM »

This thread is timely, because moti is only getting about 30 minutes of work time on each charge. When I looked back through the forum posts, I saw that I complained about this same issue in 2015 but it must have corrected itself. I am encouraged by any reports of long battery life (moti's batteries are 2012) so I'll take your advice and clean the plates and post caps. Then I'll report back.

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Lawnbott / Re: LB3510 Not charging

« Last post by LAGbot on April 30, 2017, 10:10:10 PM »

I am getting 29.3 volts at the charging plates, so I think everything is working right up to that point.  I have not cleaned the threaded posts, so I'll try that.  Next step will be new dome nuts:  The chrome is worn away, so they oxidize pretty quickly now.

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Lawnbott / Re: LB3510 Not charging

« Last post by Botman on April 25, 2017, 07:39:19 PM »

Doubt the batteries are bad. I am on my 10th year with mine (knock on wood).

Did you clean the posts after removing the dome nuts?  I've needed to clean them periodically. Also check the voltage at the plates with the mower out of charger. Should read 29.3 volts. You could use your winter charger to see if it charges. Then you can troubleshoot if it the mower or charging system.

Also if your voltage at the plates is less than 29.3. Check the voltage from the signal generator. When you unplug it from the cable that goes to the charger look at the the wires and remember which pin goes to the black and red wire. The voltage there should be 29.3.

If you use a signal filter remove that from the chain because it can be a source of problems.

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Lawnbott / LB3510 Not charging

« Last post by LAGbot on April 22, 2017, 04:53:56 PM »

I'm having trouble getting the Lawnbott going this spring:  voltage on display reads 2650-2660.  I have done the following:
- Cleaned the charging plates and nuts with sandpaper and steel wool
- Unplugged/plugged the battery from the motherboard
- Removed/inserted the 20A fuse
- Removed/inserted the wires into the charging base
- Unplugged/plugged the power supply

I did charge it monthly over the winter to keep the batteries conditioned, and I've had it for 3 seasons (this will be the 4th).  Could the batteries be dead?

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Lawnbott / Re: 3200 Failing to back out of dock completely

« Last post by RobotLady on April 21, 2017, 07:58:42 PM »

Someone sent us a video of their robot with a similar problem (maybe it was you?) and we noticed one wheel was not turning when it tried to back out.  The issue turned out to be the wheel motor had failed.  Hope this helps others who may have a similar issue...

RobotLady