Up sh*t creek...

In case anybody is interested, a neighbor of mine and I set the powered auger up outside and plugged it in to get video of it arcing so I can show the people at the rental place that there is definitely something wrong with it. The video is short, and if you blink you'll miss it, but you can see it arc when my neighbor touches the tip of the auger to the fence post.

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Here's a picture of the mark it left on the fence post:

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Hopefully it's enough to get our money refunded. I've had it, and I'm calling in a professional. It's probably what I should have done to begin with, but finances being what they are we really couldn't afford it. We still can't but we gotta do what we gotta do. I'll let you know what happens when it happens. Thanks again everyone!