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@allymansfield, our sprinkler system is supposed to have some sort of rain detector. It doesn't work very well. If it's POURING, the sprinkler system won't come on. But if it poured a few minutes ago but has stopped? It'll come on. If it's sprinkling? It'll come on. Drives me nuts.Â
@JeepHair: The same here. Â Those "rain detectors" are not very effective. Â As for private property, the COH (we don't have a MUD) doesn't care..... as long as they get paid for the water used.When our sprinkler system got installed, they tapped into a circuit that is tied to a GFCI in our master bath. Â If it's raining, or going to rain, I can trip the GFCI and power to the sprinkler control is off. Â I don't even need to step into the detached garage. Â The sprinkler control has a battery to save the program. Â I just reset the GFCI when I want the sprinkler system to resume it's program.
@Retired_Engineer: That's really cool. I always intend to remember to just turn it off when it's supposed to rain or if its been raining, but part of that challenge is remembering which days its supposed to come on in the first place... Actually, it's about time for me to go out and just turn it off, anyway.
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