Electric Weed Eater spinning too fast

Heh heh....

I had a Craftsman weed eater that was designed to whack of the plastic part that held the blade intended to cut new line to proper length. It did this as designed and eventually trashed the tool altogether. I returned it under warranty and got a new one, which true to form, trashed itself again.

Do like I did. Buy a better weed eater.

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Mine is a similar model and string does break far too often. I use it close to house but have a gasoline unit for rougher areas out back and intend to use the more robust string that it uses in my electric unit when it runs out of string. Feed hole is big enough and heavier string should not be a problem to feed.

On my old electric Toro I never held the trigger on full. I just jab it to get the speed I want. Who in their right mind would run these a full bore? I did have to change the micro switch once,, 29 cents I think. My new Homelite gas job has a throttle. Much better.

Frank wrote in news:i10hlp$eco$ snipped-for-privacy@news.eternal-september.org:

I wonder if a incandescent lamp dimmer(triac dimmer) would work to slow the motor down? I use one as a speed controller on my Dremel model 270 Moto-tool.

The thinner gauge line of some electrics is the cause not speed.

You could build a triac circuit in the handle somewhere. They are pretty simple. You can't use a coil or resistor because they would need to be rather large to drop any voltage at that current. And would also need to be cooled.

If you don't mind experimenting, you might try a dimmer. It might be small enough to actually mount in the handle somewhere. The trimmer most likely uses a series wound motor so it should work.