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hairmetal4ever

automation questions

14 years ago

Say you install an inground sprinkler system.

Say you want to do a single watering of 1" per week, or, more specifically, just enough so that, combined with rainfall, it equals one inch.

Is there a way to automate this process? Can you get a digital rain gauge that is connected via software to an irrigation control panel? So, for example, say that rainfall from Sunday - Saturday is equal to 0.34", could it just water long enough to add 0.66" to that?

Or, more simply, can you bury a moisture sensor at the appropriate depth, and have it kick on only if, on watering day, the moisture level is below XXX?

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