How does a deal with wires on the floor, extension cords etc?
240260
It generally goes over them, but I do have 1 cord it pulls along for awhile before it goes over it.
240261
You need to keep light weight loose extension cords and fringe items up. It will jam the robot. If the robot is jammed, the robot will stop. It is easy to undo the jam. If it is a heavy cable type of cord it will either run into it like a wall or run over it. I have not had any heavy cords damaged. But I still try to keep them up.
240262
Generally, the iRobot models are good about not getting tangled up in extension cords, phone chargers, etc, but the only two areas where this feature failed was on blind strings that reached the floor, and-- sad to say-- it's own docking station. For some reason the two 790 models I had got stuck on their docking station and changed directions when it pulled away, which made it very difficult to realign itself at the conclusion of the cleanings.
240263
We had to rearrange some of our extension cords to insure Roomba would not get stuck. If you can put everything behind a couch or create the necessary tension to raise the cords about 3 inches off the floor. Our Roomba did get hung up for a while until we recognized all the places and corrected them. This thing is a jewel in disguise and really does good work. We named our Comos!
240264
You will definitely want to tuck those away as much as possible so that it can be most effective. Anything that it may stumble upon it tends to bump into multiple times until backing up away from it or going over it but it could also get stuck on it and "error" shut off & then you'll have to move the object & restart it.
240265
Not very good; especially with heavy extension cords, it can get hung up on these pretty easily.
371982
I haven't found one on mine, but I was having similar issues back when it was raining heavily in the area. I had an extension cord used, so I put a zip lock bag around (with poked holes) around the connection, then zip tied the holes off, and tapes around them with electrical tape. That helped my problem. I'm, obviously, not an electrician.
1413153
You would put the wires straight onto the floor...which I would not recommend. It could get too hot and you might burn the wood floor.Hope this helps.
474296
Some kind of sturdy powder-coated (gray) metal. The wires don't bend without LOTS of force. The floor is a heavyweight plastic. We have had it a year and have had no problems with it. It opens on 3 sides and has two lever-locks per door. We are very happy with it.
1588170
You need something around the wire. A quarter inch deep rectangular space surrounded by subfloor and filled with thinset would be ok
121745
you just turn them - they clamp the wire down. Set it up to whatever length you want, then clip the ends. The package comes with little plastic bits to put over the ends.
1168776
Bend back the blue wire, if you don't need ac and tape it to the other cable or sleeve it with split conduit(wallmart), this should keep it looking clean
1639260
If the duplex-receptacle outlet in the wall is installed with the round prong grounding hole below the "hot" and neutral slots then the cord will go directly down towards the floor. If not it will go upward. An electrician can reposition the wall outlet if necessary. The plug is not rotatable nor does the cord project outward horizontally from the wall. Good luck!
821209
Extension cords are often not robust enough to handle the electricity needed by things like heaters. So, the worst that could happen is that the extension cord heats up, catches on fire, and burns the house down while you are sleeping.
994697
Yes, but you will have to get creative about how you keep the wire up without grounding out.
326273
We use an outdoor extension cord. If that isn't the problem call the company.
1204256
I just attach cord at bottom, fold case and snap and let wire do its thing that way.Hope this helps
595004
You could have taken the cord apart, personally that was way too much work. You will still need an extension cord anyway, so go to Home Depot or Lowe's and get a HD extension cord without a plug and then just connect the plug. It was all less than $9. Done! It gets hot, to the touch, so you need an area of the floor clear to set in on.
2059399
There are short wires on the pad that connect to longer wires that plug into the unit.
1928024
Wire gauge is different along with the connections on the end. A lot of extension cords are 18 or 16 gauge. But if you use 14 gauge wire with the proper connections you should be fine. Remember the exposed terminal is the ground side.
932655
My yard is relatively small I have no problem managing the cord. I kind of have the system down - start closest to plug and work away so cord stays behind me.
2256945
I would say no but only because most extension cords are usually too thick. If it's an extension cord that's old and only has two wires you could possibly get away with it