Hi Everyone, I’m ready to jump into the new tech age of technology irrigation. I currently have a RainDial 6-zone unit (RD600-EXT-R) and want to get up and running. I’m in Scottsdale, AZ if that matters. I think I’ll need the following: Rachio 8-zone Waterproof enclosure Flow Sensor Sound abou…

I went outside this morning to first see which plants actually have emitters and if any were broken. My findings upset me. I only was able to look at the front of the house so far: -4 broken emitters (spilling out water) -many plants without water at all (will have to determine if they are xeris…

[image] jeremysm1: Anyone know how to fix a cracked feeder hose? You get a replacement line big enough for that section and a couple of connectors, and then splice out the bad part and and replace wtih the new ones. It’s an easy fix

Here are a couple of links to back up @Modawg2k ’s description. The Ewing guys will show you too. http://www.sprinklerwarehouse.com/DIY-Sealing-a-rip-in-drip-tubing-s/6550.htm http://turning-pro.com/2010/12/28/452/ If your irrigation is greater than 5 years old, you might find that you’ll start p…

My setup is about 6 years old and I had to repair the same general area about 4 times now in the past year.

The absolute best part of the Rachio system is that I can use the app on my phone to turn on a zone and start inspecting. Upon finding a broken emitter or one that needs to be plugged I can use the app to shut off the water, fix it, and turn it back on without running around to the other side of th…

[image] jeremysm1: Can you guys share your watering cycle/setup? Thanks! What’s your soil AW from the link provided

Okay, I finally was able to go through that link in order to confirm/find the soil type. Here are the items that I think we’re looking for: Momoli gravelly sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes. Rating 0.08 Typical profile A - 0 to 3 inches: gravelly sandy loam Bw - 3 to 60 inches: very gravelly san…

[image] jeremysm1: Momoli gravelly sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes. Rating 0.08 So for Soil, you can set it to something like “Sandy Loam”, but then go into advanced settings and change your ‘Available Water’ (AW) to 0.08. The lower this number, the more sandy the soil is. Sandier soil al…

Those settings make sense. I updated the zone setting accordingly. Some questions: In the advanced, there are settings for Area, Root Depth, Allowed Depletion (ie 50%), Efficiency (90%) and Crop Coefficient (75%). Do I just leave these alone? Regarding the Area from question above, how do I cal…

[image] jeremysm1: In the advanced, there are settings for Area, Root Depth, Allowed Depletion (ie 50%), Efficiency (90%) and Crop Coefficient (75%). Do I just leave these alone? Area: This has no impact on your watering and is used only by Rachio to give you an estimated amount of water us…

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What’s your soil AW from the link provided