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Originally Posted by KRM0614
What smart sprinkler system ? Can you explain ? I see sprinklers running when it’s pouring rain
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Smart sprinkler controllers coordinate with local weather stations. The use the forecast to predict what precipitation might occur, what has occured, what temperature it has been what the evaporation has been for your soil type, what the irrigation zone needs (plants or grass, what type of grass), how all of these factor into the slope of your lot.
They change the irrigation time based upon the calendar. It is not uncommon for my controller to make 40 or more changes on some months. Dumb controllers installed in new homes do not do this.
Mine is a Rachio controller, there are other brands as well but do not use as many factors to control irrigation.
It's possible, I guess, for the Russians to hack into my controller to water my lawn but I think it is more likely that meteor will hit my house.