Connected rachio 3 and every drop flow sensor devices. Ran calibration on all zones. Shows flow rate for each zone. So far so good.
Testing rachio 3 leak detection notification. I turned on a garden hose connected to same system with the every drop sensor. Rachio 3 controller is not sending me a notification of detecting a “leak” or sending me a notification of flow when all sprinkler control valves are off.
I need help troubleshooting this.
Raincityultimate
I don’t know if I’ll be much help, as I’ve never played with any of the non-Rachio flow meters, but wouldn’t that be expected behavior? Rachio would be looking for leaks while the system is running, not all the time…?
Scenario: I want to be notified if a pipe bursts when the system is not running.
Todd
I understand…which it would do while the system is running, but I don’t think it is looking for flow (or lack thereof) when no zone are running.
My understanding is that Rachio monitors for leaks during or after the “settling” period following a run - the period after it has closed the valve to a zone. The expectation is that closing the valve should be immediate and, as measured at the meter, a fast return to zero flow (because there’s water at the meter - between the water source and the valves). If there’s any flow measured above some fairly low limit or duration, it’s assumed to be a leak.
EveryDrop notes somewhere in their literature that if you have non-irrigation usage down-pipe (ie: hose bibbs, residential water use, etc.) that the meter’s use for calibrating irrigation flow might be compromised. From Rachio’s perspective, understanding that an attached flow meter might be reading non-irrigation water usage (ie: the meter is not dedicated to irrigation), they’d try to avoid alarms about flow when it had no use of the available water (ie: when it didn’t have any valves to open or close). They might also have some experience with the probability of a “burst pipe” in an irrigation line that’s not in use vs. an active system.
I have the same scenario where I have a water line in my shed off my main irrigation line and I also do not get any alerts. I thought though back about a year ago I did, but now they seemed to seize alerting about that anymore. Maybe a firmware update moved that off…