Hello, I am writing just to ask if anyone knows if Flymo extension cables that you can buy all over the internet could be used for a Bosch lawn mower? Specifically a Rotak 40. The cables do look pretty much exactly the same bar the colour, but I'd just like to know if anyone is aware if they're the standard connections for most lawn mower extension cables?

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Pall8 wrote:

Hello, I am writing just to ask if anyone knows if Flymo extension
cables that you can buy all over the internet could be used for a Bosch
lawn mower? Specifically a Rotak 40. The cables do look pretty much
exactly the same bar the colour, but I'd just like to know if anyone is
aware if they're the standard connections for most lawn mower extension
cables?

There isn't a standard :-(

On my last two machines, I cut off the cable a foot or so from
the controller, and fitted the male part of an inline connector
to it. I then removed the socket from a long extension lead,
and fitted the female part to that. Tedious, but it gives a
reasonable lead length.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On Fri, 22 Apr 2011 08:16:12 +0100 (BST), wrote:

In article ,
Pall8 wrote:

Hello, I am writing just to ask if anyone knows if Flymo extension
cables that you can buy all over the internet could be used for a Bosch
lawn mower? Specifically a Rotak 40. The cables do look pretty much
exactly the same bar the colour, but I'd just like to know if anyone is
aware if they're the standard connections for most lawn mower extension
cables?

There isn't a standard :-(

On my last two machines, I cut off the cable a foot or so from
the controller, and fitted the male part of an inline connector
to it. I then removed the socket from a long extension lead,
and fitted the female part to that. Tedious, but it gives a
reasonable lead length.

Or -- it's a million-to-one chance, lootenant, but it just might work
-- just use an extension lead as an extension lead? I don't know when
the voltage-drop problem would rear its ugly head, but at that point
it's likely you'd need a petrol one anyway.

--
Mike.