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    Mike Ant
    I purchased a Husquvarna 150BT backpack blower...having...escalated
    Service & Maintenance Question posted August 15, 2012 by Mike Ant 
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    I purchased a Husquvarna 150BT backpack blower...having problems starting it up...does not appear to get a spark to turn it over....plug gap was find...used emory cloth to remove carbon....plug looks good...gas mix good....filter moistened....about 1000 pulls later, still no luck. Any thoughts? (yes I did look at the video....doing as instructed & demonstrated) Any help you can give me is greatly appreciated.....my first expeirence with Husqvarna and off to a rough start...
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    • Linden OPE

      Have you checked to see if there is spark at the plug? Is the kill switch working and in the on or run position? There are a few different causes for the no spark.

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    • Mike Ant

      I attempted to check the spark at the plug but it was in daylight so I could not see an arc....there was some carbon that I cleaned up in an effort to help.

      The kill switch is on the run postion, but not sure I know how to check if the kill switch is working...open to all ideas for a cause of no spark....

      Appreciate any help and feedback.

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    • Linden OPE

      Unfortunatley it's not an easier answer. On your blower there is the on/off switch, an ingition coil and spark plug that all work together to create the spark. If one of those goes bad then you will lose the spark. The only way to find out which has gone bad is through the process of elimination. I would start with the spark plug, since that's the easiest. Try replacing it and see if that works. The other two are a little more complicated to check and it might be easier to take them to a repair center to have them checked. Depending on the age of the blower those other two parts may be under warranty.

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