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Old 07-16-2025, 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by biker1 View Post
Not exactly. Unless you have a rain sensor hooked up to a Rachio you need the Wi-Fi connectivity to obtain the actual rainfall for the soil model. Whether it turns on the irrigation is based partly on obtaining the forecast for future rain but the soil model, which needs the actual rain that has fallen, is what primarily drives the irrigation scheduling.
I will tell you, with my Rachio controller I still have the rain sensor connected to catch those days when the weather says no rain and it rains anyway. I use it as a backup.