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Gangee:
Jim,

Just wanted to report success with the rain sensor.

We had rain one day, my schedules were blocked. They didn't resume until later the next day, which was just right.  So whatever formula you use to determine when to resume watering, it's right on.

Even my landscape guru was impressed, as he wanted me to purchase a more expensive sensor, one that he was used to. In fact he continues to be impressed with my setup. I overheard him telling an associate of his, "it's pretty slick". That's a big endorsement from a guy like him!

So the rain sensor saved water, it worked exactly as advertised.

Jim:
Hi Gangee,

Good news on the rain sensor then.  You should find that the combination of the local rain sensor, Yahoo weather, and Rain Brain (if you decide to use it) should give pretty good control of irrigation around periods of precipitation.  It's alway frustrating to see the sprinklers go off after mother nature did the work.

I've found that if I use a zip code to the west of my location that that weather forecast can sometimes prevent a cycle from happening because our rain moves in from that direction, so it's an early indicator.  Also some rain events don't last very long, and so if that's the case your rain sensor may not get soaked enough to hold the rain signal on long enough.  In that case your cycles may run, or RainBrain may reduce the time of the irrigation.  All blocks and any Rain Brain activity is also noted in the log.

Jim

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