Husqvarna 305 - Manual (Page 21)

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3. INSTALLATION
3.4 Installation of the boundary wire
The boundary wire can be installed in one of the following ways:
1. Securing the wire to the ground with staples.
It is preferable to staple down the boundary wire if you want to make adjustments to the boundary wire
during the first few weeks of operation. After a few weeks the grass will have grown over the wire
making it no longer visible. Use a hammer/plastic mallet and the staples supplied when carrying out
the installation.
2. Bury the wire.
It is preferable to bury the boundary wire if you want to dethatch or aerate the lawn. If necessary both
methods can be combined so one part of the boundary wire is stapled down and the remainder is
buried. For instance, the wire can be buried using an edge cutter or a straight spade. Make sure to lay
the boundary wire at least 0.4” (1 cm) and a maximum of 8” (20 cm) in the ground.
Plan where to lay the boundary wire
The boundary wire must be laid so it:
• Forms a loop around the working area for the robotic lawn mower. Only Husqvarna boundary wire
must be used. It is specially designed to resist dampness from the soil that could otherwise easily
damage the wires.
• The mower is never more than 49 feet (15 metres) from the wire at any point in the entire working
area.
• The wire is no more than 820 feet (250 metres) long.
• 8” (20 cm) of extra wire is available to which the guide wire will be connected later. See
3.6 Installation of the guide wire on page 28.
Depending on to what the working area is adjacent, the boundary wire must be at laid at different distances
from obstacles. The illustration below shows how the boundary wire must be laid around the working area
and around obstacles. Use the supplied measurement gauge to obtain the correct distance (see
2.1 What’s what? on page 11).