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Condition
Probable Cause
Action
Several stations in a
program are too dry or
too wet
There are two possible causes for all the stations in a
program being to dry or too wet:
A run time problem programmed in your controller.
The Irrigation Amount.
If the program is too dry, manually water the program to get it the water
it needs.
Check the run times in your ESP-LX Controller. The dry or wet program
can be caused by too little or too much run time for each station.
Adjust the run time(s) using small intervals of time. This will help
determine what run time is optimal to prevent dry or wet stations.
If steps 1 and 2 do not fix this problem, adjust the Irrigation Amount for
the program.
NOTE: You want to decrease your Irrigation Amount if you are
experiencing a wet program, and increase your Irrigation Amount if you
have a dry program.
The site is watering every
day
There are three possible causes why the site is
watering everyday:
ET rates are high enough that daily watering is
necessary (no action is required)
The Irrigation Amount(s) are programmed too low.
The Minimum Run Time Limit is programmed too
low.
The Irrigation Amounts could be programmed too low. The total Irrigation
Amount should be equal to or above peak historical ET values. See the
Irrigation Amount and Station Run Times section in the Appendix for
more details.
The Minimum Run Time Limit lets you decide the smallest percentage of
the watering cycle you will allow to run. Setting the Minimum Run Time
Limit to 0% means that with each amount of ET received the ET Manager
Cartridge will try to replace the water immediately even if it means
running the Programs for only 1% of their scheduled time. Adjust the
Minimum Run Time up (default setting is 80%).
I want to water on the next
cycle
There may be occasions when, in your judgment, the
sprinklers should water the next watering cycle.
To water the next cycle you may manually start the program(s), or adjust
the Moisture Levels for the selected program(s) to 0 (see the Moisture
Levels section).
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