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Old 10-11-2019, 08:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Chatbrat View Post
Don't sweat the sensor--we have ours on bypass--especially if you're a snow bird & if it fails--you're lawn gets really damaged
I agree. We had two sensors fail in a relatively short period of time and now just put the system on bypass. As part time residents it is one less thing to worry about when we can't be at our Villages home. Overwatering doesn't seem to do any significant damage the lawn, but underwarering certainly will. Our cost to irrigate the lawn is very low compared to the cost of replacing the sensor multiple times and more importantly it is very low compared to the cost and aggravation of replacing a dead lawn.