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Old 03-03-2023, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Velvet View Post
Sorry, retiredguy, I should have mentioned ACI is not cheap - after the pandemic their prices really went up. But since I learned how to control my irrigation including all heads and the rain gauge, and cleaning, I won’t need them again for a long time. But when they come out, they do a very good job and they stand behind their work.
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One comment is that, if "cleaning" means flushing out the plastic sprinkler head filters, I have found that the best thing to do is to just throw them away. I never understood why you need a filter to protect a $2 sprinkler head. The sprinklers operate better without the filter.