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 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…?
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…