When you repaired the break was the wire sitting on top of the grass, like it was when you first installed it?
Nope, it was down quite a ways, right? So why go to all of that trouble of burying the wire when it's going to get down there anyhow??? lol BTW, 2.54 cm make up 1 inch so you are talking about only 1 and a 1/4 inches at the most if you only put it down 3 cm. Not worth it in my opinion.
Hmm, for me it was still pretty clearly on top of the grass. I'd love for it to work its way down some. The lazy part of me likes your advice, but I've got a couple of concerns -- mainly neighborhood kids who lazily cut across my corner lot on a regular basis (shoe snagging on a perimeter wire and pulling it) and the exposure to elements. Living in NY, part of me thinks that burying it would provide a bit more protection against the snow, rain, and sun. I've also had the wire somehow manage to get tangled in one of the wheels in the back yard once. I'll probably defer to your wisdom and my laziness and just run it as-is for a while.
I also have a strip of grass between my garage and neighbor's fence that is about 6 feet wide. I just get out the mower and zap it's finished. Sometimes I use the grass trimmer. Your bott is going through enough stops/turns/backups without being faced with the number required to mow that section.
So I'm curious -- did you even bother to run perimeter wire around that, or did you just leave it "off the grid?" To my amusement and consternation, I started making a video of Pablo's problems mowing that section and I'll be damned if he didn't make his way out fairly quickly. Now either that's murphy's law or maybe there's some learning logic in the programming. I'm leaning more towards the former possibility, but maybe you or Robotlady can comment on the latter.
In my other posting about the 'Boot' I forgot to mention that the 'sole' of the boot should be within 3-4 inches of the outer perimeter wire so the turn back causes the bott to contact the perimeter wire.
The primary benefit of the boot is for quicker return to charging station, right? Since I only operate the mower in manual mode (theft concerns in Long Island), I'm not sure if there's any upside to creating one for me.
At one time we had a ton of folks on the forum so every little hiccup was reported. That's how we learned the process. Those days are not here so you will either have to ask or like you say, watch and see how it works.
I don't mind being Tom Hanks in Castaway. Should I call you "Wilson?"
In all seriousness, I'm not deterred. Such a great experience so far and I still get a kick out of envious neighbors and folks driving along gawking and asking about it.
Still waiting on the perimeter wire I ordered to arrive, but the remote and daughterboard arrived yesterday. Should be interesting dropping those in. One of the wires was a real pain to get plugged from the old mainboard into the new one when I did the recall swap.
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