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There may be parts of your garden which will be challenging or even impossible for your
Robot Mower. Your Robot Mower will not stray beyond the boundary wire you must lay
around your garden.
It will change direction on making contact with things like:
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Posts and poles (e.g. washing lines)
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Fences and walls around trees
But it will need to be kept away from:
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Dug borders
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Trees with exposed roots
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Flower beds
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Ponds and water features
• Excessively uneven terrain.
The wire must be kept taut and never be allowed to loop or cross over itself. Ideally if
ground is particularly uneven the wire can be buried up to
mm deep and pegged down
to secure. This can be achieved easily with a manual edging tool. If this is not desired or
possible then the wire should be firmly pegged around the garden with pegs at a minimum
of 1m intervals, keeping the cable taut to avoid it being cut by the mower, more so at
corners and over uneven terrain.The cable should be positioned a minimum of 35cm from
the edge of the garden, as the mower will overlap the wire, although it will not stray past it.
On corners the wire should not be laid at a sharp angle or right angle, but curved or a
series of obtuse angles. The mower can detect a signal from the wire from as much as
m away. It should be noted that due to this set up some areas of the lawn will not get
mowed such as outside the perimeter edges. These can be maintained using a suitable
grass trimmer.If the ground where the wires are to be laid is particularly dry and the soil
hard from lack of rain, it will help to thoroughly water the garden before attempting to lay
your perimeter wire.
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