Care and maintenance are among some of the most frequently asked questions on purchasing your new Automower so I thought I would put a handy post together for your convenience.

owning a robotic mower makes life very simple indeed, leaving just a small amount of work to do with a Strimmer. Maintaining your Automower will ensure you constantly have perfect looking grass.

How to clean your Automower.

Ideally on a monthly basis, you want to be giving your automower a bit of tlc. The build up of grass can cause issues if left untouched for some months and to be fair, it’s a lot easier to care for every month. Scraping away the grass from the underside of the mower will keep the front castor wheels moving and turning freely, the cutter height motor will be able to lift the deck up and down. Also a lot of the collision sensors work from magnets so having wet grass between the magnet and sensor could cause issues.

Husqvarna also sell a handy maintenance kit to help care for your automower.

Never use a power washer to wash the automoer with. The high pressure can penetrate the seals and get into the electrical system. You don’t want to have the machine upside down if your washing it either as this could also make its way I to the electrical system.

The few items you will need to care for your automower are:

1. Old sheet or blanket
2. Gloves
3. scraper
4. Screwdriver
5. Spare blades

Having an old blanket to lay the mower on helps stop any scratches and helps clean up all the grass from the mower. I would advise wearing gloves especially if you have cats or dogs that may leave there droppings in the garden. I find a paint scraper easiest to get the bulk of the grass off the machine. Pay close attention to behind the cutter deck and around the front castor wheels.

How to replace the cutter blades.

When replacing the cutter blades, always always replace the screw that holds them in. If the screw is left for a length of time the screw head will come off. As the blades are designed to spin around on the screw, they eventually wear a grove into the screw. Obviously as time passes the groove gets deeper until inevitably its cut through it. Not only do you have a blade somewhere in the lawn, you also have the pleasure of replacing the cutter disc if you can’t get what’s left of the screw out.

Replacing the blades more often is actually better for your grass. As the blades become blunt, it tears the grass rather than cutting it. This tearing force makes the top of the grass go brown and starts to look unhealthy. If your grass starts to look bad then you’ve definitely got to replace the blades more often.