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Paul Duce Posted on Jul 23, 2015
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My tiller stopped running.

My Mantis electric tiller hit an 8'x 1/4" piece of electrical conduit that was hidden in the dirt I was tilling. It abruptly stopped and wouldn't run or make any noise indicating that any current was getting to the engine; no buzzing etc. and the circuit breaker didn't pop, I tried another extension cord but no success.

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  • Bill Baer
    Bill Baer Apr 08, 2017

    I encountered a similar problem today. I have an *electric* tiller that is only a little over 1 year old, I have only used it for a total of about 5 hours, and today it suddenly stopped--just stopped for no apparent reason. I was tilling fairly soft soil and I was not aware of hitting any kind of obstruction. I confirmed that the outlet power is good, and unplugged the machine and cleaned off the tines, and a while later I noticed hat the fuse switch had popped out. I pushed it back in, but I still have no response from the machine at all.

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