Watering Schedule Basics
Watering Program Diagram
Program starts at 4:00 AM
A watering schedule consists of three basic instructions:
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What days to water –called watering days
When to water – called a start time
How long to water – called a run time
Zone 1
12
The following example illustrates how a program has a
watering schedule set for the sprinkler system shown on
page 14. The diagram on the right right depicts how the
program runs the watering schedule to complete a
watering cycle
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3
6
Zone 2
12
The program start time is set for 4:00 AM. Lawn zones 1
and 2 each have a run time of 10 minutes and lawn zone
9
3
6
4
is set to run for 20 minutes. Note that zones 3 and 5
water shrubs and flowers and have been excluded from
this program. (These zones will be scheduled to operate
on a another program.)
Zone 4
12
9
3
As shown in the Watering Program Diagram, at 4:00 AM
the timer starts the program watering cycle. Zone 1 sprin-
klers run for 10 minutes and shut off. Zone 2 sprinklers
then turn on, run for 10 minutes and shut off. The timer
skips zone 3 then turns on zone 4, which runs for 20 min-
utes and shuts off. Zone 5 is skipped and the watering
cycle ends at 4:40 AM.
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Program ends at 4:40 AM
Using more than one program for example, would enable
lawn zones to be watered every day on program A,
shrub zones to run on on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday on program B and drip irrigation to soak the
flower beds every three days on program C.
As you can see from this example, only one program
start time was needed to operate three different zones.
Because of variations in plant watering needs, the
ECXTRA provides three separate programs. The
programs, called A, B and C, are completely indepen-
dent of one another – like having three timers in one
housing.
Although the ECXTRA offers the multiple program fea-
ture, you may want to have all zones on one program if it
meets your needs. The other programs can remain
turned off until you need to use them.
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