I tend to turn on my two drip zones manually. Sometimes I do so using the UI on the home page where you manually select the zones and specify a time for each, other times I do so using the “Quick Run” feature of a fixed schedule.
In both cases it is common (maybe always) for the irrigation to stop (significantly) prematurely. I sometimes have to kick off irrigation three of four times (each time adjusting the run times) to get the job done.
This just happened when I manually ran a schedule that waters each drip zone for an hour each. As the image below shows, it only ran the first drip zone for 31 minutes before incorrectly believing I manually stopped the run.
I am having the same issue when I run a “quick run” and also on my scheduled runs. It runs for about 2 minutes and then shuts off, I then receive a message that the sprinklers were manually turned off (which they were not).
I manually ran a fixed time schedule yesterday and it worked correctly.
Sometimes when I hit run, I’ll almost immediately turn off my phone or switch to another app. This time I waited until it was a few seconds into irrigation, minimized that screen, and then switched to another app. I don’t think this is related to the issue, but I wanted to mention it for completeness.
I think it is unlikely, but I guess it is also possible that I’m somehow unknowingly stopping the run. Maybe when I open my phone again, the Rachio app is still up, and as I’m in the process of switching to another app I may have fat fingered the stop button that I think is at the bottom of the screen?
@franz any word on getting this bug resolved? This has gotten to be exceptionally annoying. It happens so regularly that I flat out can’t trust the product.
Usually if the zone stays on after Rachio ends a run, it is usually a problem with the valve. Possible for some dirt/debris to get stuck in the diaphragm. Also, this time of year, many systems are coming out of a winter slumber and can see some issues with valves.
