How to Fix Electric Lawnmower (Rectifier) – Trips Circuit Breaker Short Circuit (Task Force)

So one day I was looking through the free section on craigslist and saw someone giving away a broken electric lawn mower.  Oddly enough, I noticed the address as the neighbor to one of my friends.  So I texted him and he walked over and snagged it for me.

I actually first wanted it so I could harvest the motor for another project but then I realized that I could fix it!  I had never worked on one before but I did some research and realized there aren’t many parts in these things and typically what breaks is the bridge rectifier.

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