Area not affecting watering time

[franz]

@kaiortmanns

I am wondering why the area that you can set in zone advanced setting does not seem to have any affect on the watering time.

It only affects calculating estimated water usage.

http://support.rachio.com/article/383-how-we-calculate-water-usage

The area shouldn’t matter if you know your precipitation in/hr rate. Using a catch cup test is one way to determine it.

Flex schedules have a small adjustment you can make using the water drop on the edit screen. There are a lot more details here if you are curious

http://support.rachio.com/article/385-flex-schedule-tips

We are releasing much simpler schedules very soon, submitting the iOS app today, you can read more here.

Hope this helps.

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