Installation Guide

blades will last at least two gardening seasons if looked after properly. Once
the set of blades has worn out, it makes most sense to replace them.
Why are the electric motors available as spare parts for GARDENA
hedge trimmers, but not the individual carbon brushes?
GARDENA offers a wide range of spare parts as a manufacturer of brand
items. In the interest of providing our customers with value for money, it
doesn’t always make sense to keep each individual spare parts in stock for
each product. When making this decision, we will also take into account
demand for each spare part. There is virtually no demand for carbon brushes
for trimmers and electric hedge clippers because they last a long time. Hard
carbon brushes are used, which wear out extremely slowly. Experience has
shown that where carbon brushes are worn out, the collector on which these
carbon brushes run will have been used for a long time. In this case, there are
two possible causes: Firstly, it may be that the motor has an unusual fault that
causes the carbon brushes to fail prematurely. In this case, we recommend
that you send the full set of shears or the motor, referring to this
correspondence, for root cause analysis and, if necessary,
repair/replacement, to the Service address stated in the operating instructions.
Secondly, it may be that the hedge clippers have been put under exceptional
levels of strain and the motor has already worn out after just a few garden
seasons. In this case, replacing the carbon brushes is not the right thing to do.
This means that the motors must be completely replaced in the above-
mentioned cases.
Why should electrical and battery-powered equipment be stored in a
frost-proof place?
During the frost season, electrical and especially battery-powered devices
should be stored in a frost-proof place. The reasons are: Plastic parts become
brittle at cold temperatures and are then at risk of breaking even under low
force. Electronic parts/boards have components that could be damaged at
very low temperatures in individual cases. Batteries lose their capacity
irretrievably at cold temperatures. Batteries age faster when exposed to frost.