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Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 24/4/2026 (lemmy.nz)
submitted 6 days ago by Dave@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz
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Welcome to this week’s casual kōrero thread!

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[-] Panq@lemmy.nz 4 points 5 days ago

Nothing special, any copper wire should work.

It uses induction - the base station sends a signal around the loop and the mower picks it up with a coil. The signal is inverted when the coil is on the outside of the loop.

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 3 points 5 days ago

Ah, that is the kind of special I meant. So it's plugged in to a base station sending signals.

You mentioned it's corroded, so it's just a bare wire? Or it's insulated but over time I guess the sun would damage the plastic and air/water would start to get into the wire and corrode it?

[-] Panq@lemmy.nz 3 points 4 days ago

Or it's insulated but over time I guess the sun would damage the plastic and air/water would start to get into the wire and corrode it?

Bingo! Ripped out a bunch of it yesterday and found a section of it where insulation has failed for whatever reason and the wire was crumbling to dust.

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