I'm frustrated about trimmers today. I hope somebody can recognize the problem and even though the channel has been not very active I hope somebody has a direction to look into.
I have a 230v trimmer and the wire of 1.6mm. I trim grass. But the problem I get with this trimmer is that the wire snaps too often. Many times the wire is melted or clamped in the spool in which it breaks. The more this happens, the more damage to the spool which makes breaking more occuring. Now it happens every 1 minute of trimming. I probably do something not okey. I bought a new spool with original wire but the problem occurs also there Does anybody have had the same problem? It's a 250w trimmer with a very standard trimmer head.
I just had the exact same issue the last couple of weeks.
Last summer I bought an extra pack of string and left it in my garage with the trimmer. I started using it about a month ago and found all 3 spools were like this. The string itself seemed more brittle than it should be, and some of the wraps managed to squeeze down under earlier wraps so it eor on getting jammed.
So I suspect it was either just a faulty batch from the factory, or perhaps leaving it in my non-climate-controlles garage for almost a year may have damaged it.
I suspect the solution is going to be buying different brands of string to find one that works. Some trimmers have options to replace the head for different styles as well, such as replacing an automatic feed system with a bump head, or heads with metal blades for heavy brush. Something like that may be an option too.
Thanks of sharing your information. I was a bit frustrated but I would expect you also were last month. The spool that I bought new, could have been in a place where it could be moist. I'm not sure what the plastic is but if it's nylon it can absorb quite some moisture and then the yielding strength will drop? After I had changed the original spool with the spool with previous breaking cheap wire, it went better but could not get my finger on why. Perhaps the hole has been worn out.
Your suggestion of another trimmer head I will look into. The trimmer start to vibrate more so I'll check the bearing and see if the trimmer is disassembable (if that's a word)