We water for one hour once a week in 3 out of 4 zones and our charge per month is under $10 dollars. The lawn is perfect. I had great difficulty programming the Irrigation Timer that came with the house. It must have been the original. The number were tiny, no directions on the internet to help me so we changed to an Obits Timer $49.97
Orbit 6-Station Indoor/Outdoor Irrigation Timer
Item #309595
Model #27896 We got it at Lowes 4 years ago and anytime I need to make any adjustment its a snap. I found out that I was running the old one on several different programs and it was still operational. I was the problem. With this new Orbits, it's hard to screw it up and if you feel like you made an error you just push the reset button and start over. All the directions are easy to follow on YouTube. After the first few times, you don't even need help anymore.
I was shocked by the first bill we got but the explanation from the lady I called ironed things out and after the first bill there have been no other surprises. It was a while back so I don't have the number or name of the lady I called. They trip over themselves trying to be helpful. We are not accustomed to that from where we are from. Good Luck, your gonna be fine.
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