Yea, I agree, switch to a 1gallon/hour emitter on drip. what type of setup is this? 6 seconds seems hella short for a watering interval and too small for granularity.
We had the ‘second’ duration request from a couple people using micro nozzles? It probably won’t make it into the next couple releases but will be sure the product team has this for our schedule ground-up overhaul
It says it is .5 Gal./ Hr, for per emitter. However, I don’t think it is Pressure Compensating, so my system at 10 or 15 PSI presumably will have a different flow rate than a system at 25 or 30 PSI (or more).
@Chapin, hard to find tech specs on this drip tube. Looks like using your water meter to calculate the application and precipitation rates might be easiest/fastest option.
I’ve measured the flow of these emitters. Would this be useful to you? I’ve measured Liter per Minute to the .25 Liter on various emitter qtantities, 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, and 36. I’ve also measured on various durations, 1, 3, 5, 10, and 30 mins.
Would this be useful to you? I have an .xls I can send.
Also, I want to state, that I am no longer interested in duration that is a fraction of a minute. A minute will be short enough for me.
@Chapin, sorry I overlooked that. I was focused on looking for charts.
If you’d like to post the .xls or email it to support@rachio.com I’d be happy to take a look for you. For reference, here is the spreadsheet I use…it’s crude, but works …we’d just need to convert the Liter per minute into a Gallon per minute value.