We are only allowed to water certain days. Can RainMachine limit watering to specific days AND can the software adjust run times for this situation?
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Yes you can select what days you want to water and how long. I also like that I can access my sprinklers from my smart phone any time that I want to change anything, or manually start a water cycle
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Yes and yes. You set up the program to meet your area requirements. Then, the RainMachine decides how much if at all to water on any given day that you authorized watering. It's important to understand that the RainMachine does NOT decide on what days to water or how much water your lawn actually NEEDS. It only decides how MUCH to water on the days when you have told it to water. It decides this every day based on the current climate conditions. So, if you programmed it to water on every other day, and it had just rained or was raining or was about to rain on that specific day...your lawn will receive limited or no watering from the system on that day. Yes and yes. You set up the program to meet your area requirements. Then, the RainMachine decides how much if at all to water on any given day that you authorized watering. It's important to understand that the RainMachine does NOT decide on what days to water or how much water your lawn actually NEEDS. It only decides how MUCH to water on the days when you have told it to water. It decides this every day based on the current climate conditions. So, if you programmed it to water on every other day, and it had just rained or was raining or was about to rain on that specific day...your lawn... » Read More Yes and yes. You set up the program to meet your area requirements. Then, the RainMachine decides how much if at all to water on any given day that you authorized watering. It's important to understand that the RainMachine does NOT decide on what days to water or how much water your lawn actually NEEDS. It only decides how MUCH to water on the days when you have told it to water. It decides this every day based on the current climate conditions. So, if you programmed it to water on every other day, and it had just rained or was raining or was about to rain on that specific day...your lawn will receive limited or no watering from the system on that day. « Show Less
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Yes to both of your questions! It also has a feature called cycle and soak, which will divide your total run time up into smaller cycles, giving the soil time to absorb. A great feature for getting the most watering out of your water restriction days. Since you are only running two or three days a week, you'll just set your run times higher then you would if you were running every day. That way when the software adjusts down for weather, it's not decreasing your watering too much. We love ours so much!
538497
Without a doubt. You can even water up to 3 different times per day/ 7 different days per week. I have used these for years and love them!
125221
You just turn on the water and let it drip for as long as you need. If you have a timer for your spigot you could use that as well. If you left it on all the time you would probably end up flooding the area you wanted watered.
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Hi Lola - The way it works is that there are a set of 6 "programs" or watering on/off times. All 6 run during the same 24 hour day, and you can decide which days will run those programs. So, for example, if you set up 4 of the 6 programs, you can decide which days run them, but whichever days you select will all have to run the exact same programs. You can NOT have different programs run on different days. I hope that helps.
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HydroFLASH currently supports watering every X days via it's watering scripts. These can be easily created on the device. The HydroFLASH forum has examples and there are examples built into to the HydroFLASH web interface.
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No but you can program it to water every 3rd week, 6am and 8pm. With the odd and even weeks it's a bit more complicated. You must install a jumper wire on pin 3 of the timer chip and connect it to pin 7 of the IC in position J2. After that restart the unit and program the times you want to water.
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If you water daily, you can choose watering times of 2,5,10,15,30,or 60 minutes. There are similar watering time choices if you instead water every other day or every third day.
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If your question is about CONTINUOUS watering for a week, you don't need a timer -- you will either run out of water or have a massive water bill! If it's about INTERMITTENT watering for specific durations daily (once, every 6 hours or every 12 hours daily), this timer works well -- you just set it (time and duration) and it's done.
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Yes, with this DIG you can program which days you would like to water your trees. Then for each day you can choose up to three different time settings. I had my first DIG for over nine years. It worked great! Good luck.
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Yes, and it gets better than that. For rainy days, you can either add a rain sensor or manually set a rain delay. Unlike simply turning off the system, it will resume program after the prescribed rain delay (in 6 hour increments, IIRC). And yes, manual control on this system cannot be any simpler. Switch to manual and turn on the zone. One of the best upgrades to the house I've made, and for an excellent price I was able to combine two separate systems (front and back yards were done at different times with two different units, pain, this solved that problem as well).
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I control my watering times and frequency from by iphone since the controller is installed at our second home. As long as you have internet/wifi to the controller box you can have complete control.
670025
Yes. Easily. I turn off the timer during the rainy season, and routinely change the battery on the first day of each Spring. We take extended vacations during the summer. The time is very reliable and easy to program for drip irrigation.Hope that answers your question.
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Yes you can. In the watering settings you can have the zone water in up to 4 times a day by selecting it in the different watering cycles.
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The current HydroFlash version (2.00.02) allows you define setting for each value to water on "even" or "odd" days (go to the bottom of the System Settings page for these settings). You need to access the controller using a Web Browser to apply these settings, the mobile phone app does not allow you to create this type of program setting. Unfortunately, there is no feature for watering cycles like every third day.
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Yes. The drip rate can be controlled. There is a sensitive switch for that. IT takes a little patience but it is well worth it
2241
According to the manual there is an optional part (part No 57098) that ca be purchased. The rain shut off switch can be easily connected to the timer to prevent over-watering during rainy periods.
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Yes - and just a minor correction for Laura J. you can water up to 4 times (not 3) per day/ 7 different days per week. I've had it for about a month now and it's pretty nice. Set it and forget it. BTW for the hose connections I used teflon thread tape to make sure they seal well.