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Carlsbad, CA 92011

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Real Time ET Based Water Management

A Guide to Programming the ET1 Irrigation Controller for use in Daily-ET Mode

Stock No. 4012

Rev 09/02

Summary of Contents for ET1

Page 1: ...ogal Suite P Carlsbad CA 92011 760 438 0525 Fax 760 438 2619 www calsense com Real Time ET Based Water Management A Guide to Programming the ET1 Irrigation Controller for use in Daily ET Mode Stock No...

Page 2: ...es whenever scheduled irrigation is set to occur Since ET is determined by weather conditions irrigation run times change daily based on current weather conditions This helps conserve water and create...

Page 3: ...w it got into the ET table h historical g ET Gage and e edited The upper left hand value is today s ET it will remain a historical number until 8 00 PM each night at which time the controller will pla...

Page 4: ...of ET In this situation each Monday would have station run times much longer than any other day of the week which could cause over watering problems With ET averaging ON the extended run times on Mon...

Page 5: ...o rain bucket installed and you are not sharing rain data using the Calsense Command Center program these settings will have no effect on daily ET Daily ET cont d RAIN BUCKET Stop Irrigation after inc...

Page 6: ...ce data to drive the program In either case you would want to use the historical ET for the area you are located in The ET1 controller stores historical ET information for 21 counties in California an...

Page 7: ...ts to this setting you will see the Estimated Minutes change Try to make small adjustments 5 to 10 at a time and allow a few days to pass before re adjusting if necessary Daily ET only replaces the mo...

Page 8: ...e 4 View the amount of each station s hold over time with the option of clearing a station s hold over time Negative hold over time hold over time generated by a rain bucket will be shown as a negativ...

Page 9: ...out of the system Then simultaneously make note of the meter reading and start timing using a stopwatch After 3 minutes has elapsed make note of the meter reading again Subtract the starting meter rea...

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