I have a trusty hedge trimmer that has developed an odd fault.
It is a simple electric hedge trimmer, 550w. The switches are, I assume pretty standard.
Twice now the switches have given up the ghost, with the switch internals overheating and "burning out".
The trimmer works fine for a long while, but for some reason, recently it seems to overload them in some way. Too much arcing when turning off on on?
I swapped out the original switches for new ones, but after a month, it seems they have gone the same way.
The carbon brushes are low, but not at the end of their life. If it was an issue with the carbon brushes, could this manifest itself with a fault that could burn out the switches?
If not, what else could cause a switch overload as per my description?
Many Thanks.
It is a simple electric hedge trimmer, 550w. The switches are, I assume pretty standard.
Twice now the switches have given up the ghost, with the switch internals overheating and "burning out".
The trimmer works fine for a long while, but for some reason, recently it seems to overload them in some way. Too much arcing when turning off on on?
I swapped out the original switches for new ones, but after a month, it seems they have gone the same way.
The carbon brushes are low, but not at the end of their life. If it was an issue with the carbon brushes, could this manifest itself with a fault that could burn out the switches?
If not, what else could cause a switch overload as per my description?
Many Thanks.