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Old 07-01-2024, 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by frayedends View Post
Ahh, found it. Thanks. I read about that before but could not find it in the settings. Thanks for the detailed description. I've updated to a station 1.5 miles away. I've also put it back on the flex daily schedule. Now that we are finally getting rain I can water let the system do it's thing.
Speaking from experience, keep an eye on it. 1.5mi is too far away in FL.


FYI, many of the stations are Tempest which use "haptic" sensing for rain which means they measure the sound of rain drops striking the unit. This can be wildly inaccurate.