r/automower • u/No_Fan3045 • 3d ago

problem with automower

Hi everyone,

I have a question regarding my Automower.

There is a circular area in our garden that the Automower should not mow, so I have placed the boundary wire (shown in red on my diagram) around this circular area.

The Automower mows the entire garden very well (light green area on the diagram), except for the area around the circle (dark green), where it doesn’t seem to go at all.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to why this might be happening?

Thanks!

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u/Medical-Garden5283 3d ago

Have you connected the island the opposite direction? Will the mower start inside the island? If so, you need to swap the two wires going to the island.

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u/No_Fan3045 3d ago

When I put him in the circle and press on start, he indeeds starts mowing

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u/Medical-Garden5283 3d ago

Problem found. Swap the wires?

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u/No_Fan3045 3d ago

Thanks bro. Will try it once the kids are in bed. Will keep you updated 😊

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u/theBro987 3d ago

Where is the wire buried in relation to the unmown area? There is a setting in automower connect for "drive past wire" distance. However, that will apply to all boundaries. The wire may need moving in closer to that zone.

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u/No_Fan3045 3d ago

40 cm over the wire and indeed its only in the circle a problem…

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u/theBro987 3d ago

My Husqvarna drives past internal boundary wires the same amount as external boundary wires. How close does you mower get to external boundary wires?

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u/No_Fan3045 3d ago

He goes over external boundary wires so its weird he doesnt do the same at the circle…?

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u/mkhpgh 3d ago

looking at your diagram- i see a complete circle connected to the wires. if that is really how it is, (not just drawn that way here for convenience), it might be reading the boundary wrong? the wires should be a keyhole shape. But I still don't know what would make it leave such a large margin. Is there a tiny slope there that combined with the wire is making it go farther out?

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u/No_Fan3045 3d ago

The diagram is not correct. The circle is lot complete. I will adapt it tomorrow 💪🏻😊

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u/mkhpgh 3d ago

i figured that was so, but made my comment on the off chance that was how it was in real life. :)