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Old 05-04-2022, 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Robbie0723 View Post
What weather station connection are you using?

Three one I was using disappeared so watering was way low until I noticed.
And therein lies the problem with smart controllers.

Regardless of the brand, you're allowing your controller to water/not water based on what it receives from local weather data, unless you're running it without that feature activated.

I'm a huge fan of smart controllers, but only for the ease of operation, being able to run them in the field while performing maintenance (without multiple trips to the controller in the garage), and being able to control them from practically anywhere.

That's why on my controller, I have my days of the week set, and the only thing that can override those runtimes are rain (which is determined up by the rain sensor), or less likely, the freeze sensor blocks a run.

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