Does this unit allow you to water every other day? And will it run oscillating sprinklers?
588364
It will allow you to water every other day. It essentially has 4 different timers/stations that can be used. I really can not answer whether it can be used with an oscillating sprinkler...I am using it for a self-installed irrigation system for a garden and various plants & small trees. I alter the frequency in the summer and the winter...since the summers in Tucson are intense on plants.
588365
This unit will allow you to water any day of the week you choose. Once you have set the days to water, it will be the same for every week until you program it differently. I run mine on a oscillating sprinkler
588366
It allows you to pick the days to run and has three different schedule programs. It simply turns a hose connection on or off according to schedule so it does not care what is on the other end of the hose.
1689129
it will, but depends on how much watering youre going to be doing .. if you need to run a sprinkler for a couple of hours to cover a huge area you need a bigger pump, i dont think this should be looked at as a 'constant duty' pump ... for instance, if you have a little 8X8 area you want to soak down for a few minutes it should be fine ..
242836
Absolutely! You just move the little tabs on the side to make it do whatever you want. I had this sprinkler for years and loved it, but it got abused in a move, hence the new one. It's great.
538499
Yes, this Timer will work for you. You can select which day you would like to water individually.
1850850
Hello Dan. You basically can set an hour of the day and for how long you want the system running. After the setting, you decide how often the watering will happen: everyday, for instance, at the hour set or each other day if you prefer to do so. The program will run indefinetelly and can be adjusted manually (suspended on a rainny day, for instance). When the season changes, you can reprogram the equipment, what in fact is really easy.
1890405
I haven't tried it but you should be able to set the frequency to 24. That will then water every hour. Then set run time to 30. That should water 30 minutes every hour
1831452
Yes. You attach a garden hose to run the sprinklers. I read a review that said they put a small pump in the pool and recycled the water. Obviously, using a GFI.
1531260
Not specifically. You need to turn it on about the time you want it to go on for the next watering, let it run however long and then when it is done, set the timer for the next watering you want, i.e. 24 hrs, 36 hrs etc.
1147944
I have well water and water with 3 of these at the same time and do not have a problem they all oscillate and water a large area and the hoses range from 75ft to 100ft to 200ft that these sprinklers are hooked up to.
876181
Not sure about that, but I was very disappointed in Melnor -- just could not get the unit to work properly and their tech support was basically indifferent. I just returned it, gave up and used another timer system which my sprinkler guy installed.
1815137
No, there is only a timer that is set by "every day", "every 2 days", "every 3 days", and so on. Makes it pretty inconvenient for areas with watering restrictions on certain days of the week. What I do is set it for "every 7" days. I can turn the timer on the night before to go off in the morning for an hour or so and at the end of the day when I'm back from work, I turn the timer off. Every time you turn it back on, it resets your day one.
778268
Yes it does. Just plug in the power and plug in the wires from your sprinkler valves.
1943864
The model I have can be set to water every day, every other day, every third day, etc. However, since the date is not programmed into the timer, it won't know if the day is odd or even. You could set it to every other day, but you would need to adjust it at the end of a 31 day month to keep it odd or even.
1466752
I'm not sure what you mean, but this unit is to turn on/off your sprinkler pump in coordination with the sprinkler system turning on and off. Our irrigation system has 7 zones. This box does not control the zones, only the sprinkler pump.
1496682
I had a water master hook up for 4 rain bird sprinkler.I unhooked from the water master system and hooked right to my orbit 4 station.Programmed and not a smidgen of trouble. I water even days and not on the 31st or the 1st..Good luck
978725
Drip systems are separate and can not be combined with sprinkler systems. However you can set the sprinkler head to extremely low output and it can be like a drip. I have one in a large flower box and reduced the flow - only the box gets watered!! Just for your information they do sell separate drip systems.
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I am able to program each zone independently. i have some zones running three days a week and others on 2 days a week. albeit, only one zone can be watered at a time, so stagger your time allotments accordingly.