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From: ted@teldata.UUCP (Ted Becker)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Electric Lawnmower Safety
Message-ID: <339@teldata.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 14-May-84 19:06:23 EDT
Article-I.D.: teldata.339
Posted: Mon May 14 19:06:23 1984
Date-Received: Mon, 21-May-84 04:44:17 EDT
Organization: Teltone Corp., Kirkland, WA
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I have used an electric lawnmower for 10 yr. and its still going (3rd blade,
& 3rd set of motor brushes).

PLEASE!  Make sure you are protected by a GFI device.  My neighbor mowed his
cord and when the blade stopped the mower was electrically hot and the shock
he got knocked him down and he nearly broke his arm,  could have been worse.
The GFI device is supposed to sense the ground current and chop the power
within a few milliseconds.  If the outlet you use is a standard duplex outlet
you can buy a replacement outlet with GFI built in or you can get a plug-in
device.