{"id":10763,"date":"2025-06-29T11:41:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T18:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/partofthething.com\/thoughts\/?p=10763"},"modified":"2025-08-29T14:40:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T21:40:29","slug":"my-ego-lm2130sp-lawnmower-blinks-orange-and-wont-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/partofthething.com\/thoughts\/my-ego-lm2130sp-lawnmower-blinks-orange-and-wont-start\/","title":{"rendered":"My EGO+ LM2130SP Lawnmower blinks orange and won&#8217;t start"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I bought a 2021 EGO electric lawnmower on Craigslist 7 months ago. It&#8217;s been mowing my 1\/3-acre yard just fine since the spring. But yesterday when I started it up, the light blinked green once and then blinked yellow or orange a bunch of times and made just a little click and failed to start. The motor spins like 1\/16th of a turn but then stops. It&#8217;s like it&#8217;s trying to &#8216;kick over&#8217; but just can&#8217;t make it. The self-propulsion still works fine, as do the LED lights, so I know it has power. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"EGO+ LM2130SP lawnmower blinking orange fault code\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CqQ2606BpQI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What&#8217;s happened to it since it worked last? Well, it&#8217;s been really hot and humid here in the DC area, and I&#8217;ve been storing it somewhat improperly outside in a tarp (I haven&#8217;t gotten around to getting a shed yet after moving). So presumably something temperature or humidity sensitive happened. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I tried a few simple things, none of which worked:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I tried a different battery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I cleaned out any extra grass underneath<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I removed the blade<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I wiped off the battery terminals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I vacuumed out some dirt from the battery area<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>So I figured I better take it apart more. I found this amazing diagnostic video and went through all the steps. Fortunately, I just happened to have a long-enough torx screwdriver to reach down a few inches to unscrew the screws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Troubleshooting EGO LM2130SP LM2150SP V1 0\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZhB8zdY8abw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The motor had some corrosion on it on top, but the coils looked ok, if a little dirty. all the diagnostics were ok:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fuse had continuity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No open circuits between the motor leads<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Diode mode multimeter read within range for all three PCB and MOSFET readings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Little green LED was seen through white goop on main board<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/partofthething.com\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/20250628_224616-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/partofthething.com\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/20250628_224616-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/partofthething.com\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/20250628_224616-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/partofthething.com\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/20250628_224616-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/partofthething.com\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/20250628_224616-rotated.jpg 1530w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kinda ugly in there<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I unplugged and re-plugged as many things as I could. All contacts looked perfect, no signs of corrosion or anything inside the connectors. I blew some dirt off the coils of the motor with an air compressor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I posted on the forum, <a href=\"https:\/\/community.egopowerplus.com\/s\/question\/0D5Ul00000RsKAKKA3\/blinking-orange-fault-code-on-lm2130sp-mower-how-to-know-if-i-should-replace-the-motor-or-the-main-pcb\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I brought it inside and let it sit in the A\/C overnight. In the morning, it fired right up! I hurriedly mowed the lawn since it was already overdue. After 30 mins, when I had like 5% left to do and my battery was running low, I got the fault blink code again! It wasn&#8217;t the low battery one but I tried a new battery anyway: nothing. So it&#8217;s back to where I started. Maybe it got too hot again? But this isn&#8217;t the overheat code (solid orange), it&#8217;s blinking!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I called EGO+ customer service. They kept asking me where and when I bought it. I explained that I bought it 2nd hand and was looking for diagnostic troubleshooting advice to help decide whether the motor or the PCB is bad, or something else. They said I could take it to a repair center but would have to pay for it. I knew that, I explained. They didn&#8217;t care. (I don&#8217;t think the customer service folks knew how to help in any more detail.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve cleaned it up and brought it back inside for now. If it works again after cooling down, I guess that&#8217;s that. But I really would like it to be more robust. Changing out the main electronics and\/or the motor look to be extremely easy for me, and both parts are available for roughly $100. I&#8217;d happily change one or the other out if I had any clue which one was causing the sensitivity. For now I guess we&#8217;ll just wait and see. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next day, I tried it again. It didn&#8217;t turn on first thing, but after trying a few times it did. I took it out and finished up a little mowing. But a new behavior happened this time: it would just die as I rolled it over bumpy ground while on. Last time it died when the battery died but this time it died regularly, like every 15 feet of mowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please let me know if you know whether this is a motor, controller, or something else problem!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Updates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I found someone else had the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/egopowerplus\/comments\/1llvxz5\/can_anyone_diagnose_this_800_series_mower_issue\/\">same problem on reddit<\/a> and there is some OK commentary there. No solution yet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I ordered a new motor on a whim. Will install it and see if it is better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I bought a 2021 EGO electric lawnmower on Craigslist 7 months ago. It&#8217;s been mowing my 1\/3-acre yard just fine since the spring. But yesterday when I started it up, the light blinked green once and then blinked yellow or orange a bunch of times and made just a little click and failed to start. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/partofthething.com\/thoughts\/my-ego-lm2130sp-lawnmower-blinks-orange-and-wont-start\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">My EGO+ LM2130SP Lawnmower blinks orange and won&#8217;t start<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federated","footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-housework"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/partofthething.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/partofthething.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/partofthething.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partofthething.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partofthething.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10763"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/partofthething.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12370,"href":"https:\/\/partofthething.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10763\/revisions\/12370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/partofthething.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partofthething.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partofthething.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}