The problem is that home owner grade saws would be more expensive and pro guys would take it off anyway so I don’t see it catching on. Plus you sell more saws and parts without it
Autotune is overly complex, expensive and often introduces faults that many dealers can't fix, let alone the average home mechanic. It also has limits to what it can compensate for and top ends are still being destroyed from overheating conditions. My thinking is, there is and probably always will be conditions that cause a saw to overheat so if overheating is going to happen, lets just shut the engine off before damage occurs.
The reality is you can't cure operator errors or all the things that can cause a saw to overheat. It is going to happen so why not add some simple, cheap, insignificant weight device that would be easy to install and prevent expensive damage and down time? Might not be something for pro saws but could save a lot of consumer saws from the junk pile and no, I'm not talking about my saws, it's the ones I repair that I'm thinking about.Was just adding to the list of thing one could invent whilst bored.
But in reality- if it aint broke- dont fix it.
Saws are not designed to overheat- they are designed to be air cooled and if you take out the muppet factor- generally it works.
If you want to add a sensor- add it to the operator, let them be aware of basic cleaning and maintenance, recognise when a chain might be dull, give a piston and ring time to realise it is in a friction situation with the cylinder after cold starting- before revving the snot out of it and 90% of the overheating situations become null and void.
The reality is you can't cure operator errors or all the things that can cause a saw to overheat. It is going to happen so why not add some simple, cheap, insignificant weight device that would be easy to install and prevent expensive damage and down time? Might not be something for pro saws but could save a lot of consumer saws from the junk pile and no, I'm not talking about my saws, it's the ones I repair that I'm thinking about.
That's not fair, you just answered your own question. Just shut it off.Autotune is overly complex, expensive and often introduces faults that many dealers can't fix, let alone the average home mechanic. It also has limits to what it can compensate for and top ends are still being destroyed from overheating conditions. My thinking is, there is and probably always will be conditions that cause a saw to overheat so if overheating is going to happen, lets just shut the engine off before damage occurs.
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