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Originally Posted by biker1
You might not like my suggestion but here it is. Replace your controller with a Rachio 3 controller, or one of the other "internet connected" controllers, and spend a little time setting it up. It will irrigate when required based on recent rain, temperature, wind, forecasted rain, soil type, scrubs vs. grass, etc. using nearby weather reporting stations. They are trivial to install - one wire per zone plus a common. Setting up is done via a smartphone app. While it will also accommodate a rain gauge, I don't bother with one as they seem to not last very long. The reported rainfall that the Rachio obtains via the internet from nearby reporting stations is reasonably accurate.
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Yeah well sometimes the Rachio doesn’t allow the system to run just because the weather forecast or reconnaissance says it rained or is going to rain when it doesn’t rain at all or you get a very light rain. It is pretty cool how you can see (on your phone, iPad when the last run on each zone was, scheduled runs and you can operate the system remotely