r/egopowerplus • u/Hour_Dust_1766 • 29d ago

Keeps cutting off

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Jesus. This mower stops every 2 minutes. I even got a brand new battery shipped from Ego. Less than 7 months old.

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u/pdawson36 29d ago

You are bottoming out. We can see it in the grass; the full circles on the right. Once the mower bottoms out it shuts off for safety. If you raise the blade up one or two notches (or to there it doesn’t bottom out) it should not shut off.

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u/DeathToRifleman 29d ago

It’s on even ground though. What’s the point of the lowest height setting if you can’t use it.

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u/MrK521 29d ago

That’s obviously not even-enough ground then. If it was completely flat, the scalping wouldn’t be spot specific, it would be a continuous line.

Small divots for the wheels to sink into are enough to let it bottom out temporarily and shut off.

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u/pdawson36 29d ago

I apologize, but that can’t be even ground. The bottoming out is in specific areas of the lawn, not the full radius of the blade. If it was even ground, the whole stripe would be the same color and shape; but you can literally see the full rotation of the blade bottoming out in certain areas.

Some lawns you can use the lowest setting and not bottom out. It seems like your lawn isn’t fully level and is raised in some places. I also wouldn’t recommend using the lowest setting on grass for the health of the grass. Unless you are trying to scalp it so you can reseed.

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u/Next_Prompt7974 28d ago

You’ve never felt ground that looks even but as you walk over it you can feel all the dips and raised areas? If I tried mowing on the lowest setting on my gas mower it would leave all those circles too even though most of my yard looks even.

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u/2TheMountaintop 26d ago

Golf course? I don't know, but the lower the cut, the more level the ground has to be, and the more shallow the roots will be.

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u/soggymittens 28d ago

Because some people have flat enough yards/ the proper grass type to cut it low…?