When I was in the US last year, a friend asked me to pick her up a new set of dog clippers, as the ones she uses on her two small dogs had gone kaput.
I duly did this, keeping the price in the US$100 range, as directed. I bought them at a PetSmart in LA, after deep consultation with a very well-informed store employee. They were fine for one or two cuts (she has two very small terriers) and then they started overheating to the point that she couldn't use them on the dogs.
So we asked my friend who came last week to bring another set. They bought some in the same price range, and again: after two cuts, the clippers overheated and she can't use them because they are so hot that the dogs will nip at her, and you can't blame them!
If it was one set of clippers that had the problem, I would think the clippers were defective. But two seems like too much of a coincidence. My local friend recently had a new electric line installed in the room where she grooms the dogs.
She is using them correctly, and the dogs are very small. It sounds to me---and I am no expert, which is why I am asking---if perhaps they ought to take a look at the power source.
We know that there are many Dominicans who bill themselves as electricians only because they know how an outlet works.
Any thoughts? Greatly appreciated.
I duly did this, keeping the price in the US$100 range, as directed. I bought them at a PetSmart in LA, after deep consultation with a very well-informed store employee. They were fine for one or two cuts (she has two very small terriers) and then they started overheating to the point that she couldn't use them on the dogs.
So we asked my friend who came last week to bring another set. They bought some in the same price range, and again: after two cuts, the clippers overheated and she can't use them because they are so hot that the dogs will nip at her, and you can't blame them!
If it was one set of clippers that had the problem, I would think the clippers were defective. But two seems like too much of a coincidence. My local friend recently had a new electric line installed in the room where she grooms the dogs.
She is using them correctly, and the dogs are very small. It sounds to me---and I am no expert, which is why I am asking---if perhaps they ought to take a look at the power source.
We know that there are many Dominicans who bill themselves as electricians only because they know how an outlet works.
Any thoughts? Greatly appreciated.
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