Automatic watering

Rigged out great CanadianLori

P.S Love your Avatar mate ….showing the muscle

 

Two years battery life , that is amazing. How do I know this thread is going to cost me money

 

Harry I've spent more money since joining GC

 

Hi John i think that's part of this kit, do you have a Raspberry Pi you can do all sorts with them, i gave mine away i just didn't have the time to play with it,
https://www.dfrobot.com/product-641.html

Another system here the plant will give you a call when it wants watering
Botanicalls

 

A small warning....sometimes the connection tubing stretches out a little. When the water turns on the tubing pops off...allowing all the water to rush out of that one outlet. We take all the piping off and cut a half inch off to make it tight again. Also we change the batteries once a year.

Some of these companies parts are interchangeable. Once you get a set up you can do allot of different things.

 

I have an in lawn watering system and the rain sensor is nothing more than a thick felt washer which when swelled up, dsiconnects the contacts on the system. I'm sure there are things I don't see, but this silly washer has been quite reliable for about 20 or so years.

 

@JWK , and all .
What water controllers do you use . I need a simple but reliable unit for the garden at our caravan. All get good reviews , but when you read the one star reviews you get woeful tales of leaking joints and poor battery life. So which is the most reliable make

 

Thanks John . As this hot weather is forecast to go on and on , I ordered my watering kit yesterday. On the 10 best water timer review sites I did view the Darlec but in the end opted for the Orbit ( similar price ) . They both have simple functions and are rated high on reliability. I am connecting this to the Hozelock universal watering kit which uses 13mm hose.
I will fit it at the caravan next week ( if any plants have survived ! ) Hopefully I will set it up correctly and not empty lake Windermere
Irrigation systems are not subject to hose pipe bans are they ?

 

Just received my Orbit water controller and the Hozelock irrigation kit . The Orbit is robustly made and programming it is really really simple. You just follow the setting dial. The set up photo below shows the Controller , pressure reducer , Hozelock tap connector and irrigation hose Ø13 x 15 metres long.
Just fitted one sprinkler at the end of the hose for a test . Seems a pretty simple system to install . I'll fit it up at the caravan on Sunday. So you can plan for 40 days and nights of rain after this date