Flex only running 8 mins/zone?

[Braciole]

First I’d like to say I love my Iro and truly appreciate the support provided in this community.

My question relates to flex schedule durations. When I was using fixed scheduling I was getting a recommended duration of like 50 minutes per zone; however, will flex I am seeing 8. That seems low. Should I trust the flex schedule or would you think there is something wrong?

Thanks in advance!

[franz]

@Braciole

When I was using fixed scheduling I was getting a recommended duration of like 50 minutes per zone; however, will flex I am seeing 8.

I answered some of this here

Zone Durations with Flex

It’s really hard to compare the two, almost apples and oranges. The fixed schedule runtime is determined with real time weather data, which could essentially change from week-to-week, and then watering budgeting is applied. Eventually I want to move away from that since it is so dynamic and look at something a little more traditional, but maybe at the end of the season. Flex schedules will have the same watering duration throughout the year, the thing that changes is the frequency. For example…

but 8 minutes does seem kind of low. Are you sure that isn’t one cycle? If in doubt, I would contact [support@rachio.com] just to verify that your zone characteristics are setup correctly. It could also be that you have the wrong nozzle chosen…

For reference, I have cool season grass, clay loam, and .7 in/hr impact rotors with a run time of 43 minutes, which I’ve dialed back one water notch to 34 minutes. My cycles are 17 minutes, 30 minute soak, 17 minutes.