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I live in Hadley and several weeks ago SECO replaced my electric meter with their upgraded meter. Four weeks later when I received my water bill the irrigation consumption was nearly doubled from the previous month. I checked my sprinkler heads to see if I had a leak and all seemed normal, so I checked my Hunter control module and found three issues:
1. In addition to my set time to water at 3:00am an extra cycle was added at 1:00am! Somehow I was watering twice as much.
2. The set time was incorrect by several hours even though I had changed it when daylight savings ended.
3. The 9v battery was dead.

I also have observed that other homes in my neighborhood are now running their sprinklers at times that had not previously.

I reprogrammed my controller and replaced the battery. By chance I spoke with an irrigation repair guy who was servicing a nearby home a few days later and told him my observations. He commented that he’s seen this happen to others.

My advice: if SECO recently changed out your electric meter then check your program and replace your 9v battery.