[vintageogauge]

Originally Posted by Pondboy

We’re just a wasteful society. People don’t care that they are wasting natural resources. The OP has a point, if it’s raining at your house, turn off the irrigation system. Become more involved in helping to save the planet for future generations. WTF…. Is it that hard?

What's to save it's re-claimed waste water and that is why it was re-claimed.

[michgary]

omg i was thinking of moving to TV,, but this is a way too complicated place to live

[justjim]

I stay in my lane and don’t get excited about what others are doing with their yard watering.

[Battlebasset]

I can see the advantage, but it isn't hard for me turn off/adjust if we are getting a good amount of rain. Just because you can automate/wi-fi something doesn't mean you should.

[Pondboy]

Originally Posted by vintageogauge

What's to save it's re-claimed waste water and that is why it was re-claimed.

Save it for those days/weeks/months when we won’t get any rain…..

[Altavia]

Also have not had success with the "Smart Watering" option. Rainfall is too variable here.

I'm looking at getting something like this to measure rain when away.

https://a.co/d/01j0iJhG

[Shipping up to Boston]

Originally Posted by michgary

omg i was thinking of moving to TV,, but this is a way too complicated place to live

Stay logged in.....it only gets better!

[Miboater]

Originally Posted by frayedends

I have a Rachio and I tried letting it use the weather to adjust my schedule. I’m part time so not there to see every drop of rain. Well my lawn almost died and luckily my lawn guy said it wasn’t getting enough water.

The problem with the weather reports seem to be that it adjusts on the forecast and not actual rain. In addition to that, we all know that a neighbor 2 houses away can be getting a downpour while your house has nothing.

I put mine on a schedule and if I know we got a bunch of rain I’ll adjust. But I don’t always remember.

Plus our irrigation is reclaimed water. It is basically going right back where it came from.

If you have a Rachio controller there is a setting to change the weather source. If you go into settings, controller settings, weather source, select station and then personal. You will see a list of Rachio users that have their own backyard weather stations and you should see a list of weather stations that are in your area and how far away they are located. I am connected to one that is 0.1 mile away but there are five as close as 0.5 miles away. I find this a lot more accurate and they also have rain gauges that you can see if you are wondering how much rain we received. It works well being north for my last summer before being full time this September.

[Velvet]

Originally Posted by michgary

omg i was thinking of moving to TV,, but this is a way too complicated place to live

Not at all. I set my irrigation for 6 months at a time (rainy season or dry season). No problem. If lawn looks dry I increase watering one day (takes 30 seconds to change the controller panel) or if water bill is too high I decrease 1 day. Works fine for years. I don’t check daily pond levels, or rain forecasts, or if the neighbor has his sprinkler on. It’s like your room temperature thermostat, you could change it every hour for each room or just set it at one comfortable setting all the time.

[Shipping up to Boston]

Originally Posted by Velvet

Not at all. I set my irrigation for 6 months at a time (rainy season or dry season). No problem. If lawn looks dry I increase watering one day (takes 30 seconds to change the controller panel) or if water bill is too high I decrease 1 day. Works fine for years. I don’t check daily pond levels, or rain forecasts, or if the neighbor has his sprinkler on. It’s like your room temperature thermostat, you could change it every hour for each room or just set it at one comfortable setting all the time.

As a betting man....i'd say the poster you're responding to was being a teeny weeny...facetious!

[frayedends]

Originally Posted by Miboater

If you have a Rachio controller there is a setting to change the weather source. If you go into settings, controller settings, weather source, select station and then personal. You will see a list of Rachio users that have their own backyard weather stations and you should see a list of weather stations that are in your area and how far away they are located. I am connected to one that is 0.1 mile away but there are five as close as 0.5 miles away. I find this a lot more accurate and they also have rain gauges that you can see if you are wondering how much rain we received. It works well being north for my last summer before being full time this September.

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.

[Gpsma]

How do you “waste” water?

[LeRoySmith]

Originally Posted by asianthree

Oh and a rainbow would be a nice ending

I'm afraid all the rainbows have been spoken for by the endothurmophyumatairisns.

[Altavia]

Originally Posted by frayedends

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.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

A pipe busted on our system so we now use a hose sprinkler and the hose itself. All manual, nothing underground anymore.

Do know where pipe busted? Not that hard to fix. Mine has been busted by underground cable contractors. Finley had to run relocated line along villa wall away from street.