[Shop-talk] EarthWise electric string trimmer.

[pethier at comcast.net]

EarthWise electric string trimmer.  Run away.

Bought one of these and that was a mistake.  Lousy balance.  Ran through all of the string in half of my yard.  The bang button was worn out making it impossible to wind on new string and continue.

Threw it in the trash and bought a HomeLite electric and it's working fine.  No bump button.  It advances a little every time you shut off for two seconds.

Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
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----- Original Message -----

> From: "Randall" <tr3driver at ca.rr.com>
> Cc: shop-talk at autox.team.net
> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 6:29:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Shop light problems - update
> 
> > If you turn them on
> > and off a dozen times a day, you'll kill tubes pretty quickly,
> 
> I guess "pretty quickly" is a relative term ... I've got instant start
> T12
> bulbs & (mostly) mag ballasts in my garage, and probably half the
> bulbs have
> never been changed since we moved in some 20 years ago.  
> 
> One of the kitchen lights is as Darrell described : electronic
> "instant
> start" ballasts driving T8 bulbs.  It gets turned on & off many times
> per
> day, but was only installed about 4 years ago, so no idea how long the
> bulbs
> will last.
> 
> I agree that doing "instant start" on a bulb not designed for it will
> quickly kill the bulb (I once built a fluorescent strobe light that
> would
> kill bulbs in a few days); but the garage T12 bulbs are designed for
> it
> (only one pin per end), and it's my understanding that the T8 bulbs
> are as
> well (even though they have two pins per end).
> 
> -- Randall
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