Help find a trimmer switch

[Yong Huang]

My Black and Decker Grasshog CST1000 electric trimmer had a bad switch. The circuit got stuck closed. We opened the handle and disconnected the wire to stop the motor. The little brownish 1'' x 1/2 '' rectangle box must be the switch. It's marked with DEFOND 20.5 A 16(6)A SE4T105

I called the service center. Before they ordered the part for me, can I find the part somewhere on the Web so I can verify by the picture? They told me to search on dewaltservicenet.com but I didn't find it there. Thanks for help.

Yong Huang

[HeyBub]

If the trimmer is less than two years old, send the whole contraption to B&D. They'll fix it free. You can tell the date by looking for something stamped in the plastic of the form: "200747" (means the sucker was built in the 47th week of 2007).

We just sent our Grasshog to our local service center because the big internal gear was no longer a gear.

I suppose if you wanted to do the work yourself, you could send them the defective switch and ask for an exact replacement.

[Yong Huang]

Thanks. The trimmer is much more than two years old.

I'll think I'll just order the part. I found the Web site selling Defond parts. But they sell directly to OEMs only.

Yong Huang