Will this unit allow for a manual watering through the cycles? such as after fertilizing or on a hot day, can you manually water by pushing a button?
1332908
I believe you can. We are out of state at the moment and will be home in 3 days. I will check the unit for sure when we arrive home and then let you know. I am almost positive you can but don't want to give you the wrong information.
1332909
Yes it will. You have a couple of options for this. You can water a single station by turning the dial to that station and then press the "Water Now" button. It will start watering for 10 minutes, but you can easily adjust the time with simple up and down arrows. Or, you can simply press the "Water All Stations" button and the system will cycle through each station, watering them for 10 minutes per station. Again, you can adjust the length of time with an up/down arrow buttons. I use these features fairly often, since the weather has been anything but consistent out here.
1332910
Yes. It is very simple: There are two "buttons" for manual watering. One is labeled "water one zone now" - select the zone and push the button (and you can vary the time easily). The other button is labeled "water all now" - push the button and your entire water schedule is initiated.
1332911
Yes, you can manually water each zone individually or cycle through all zones consecutively. I believe the default duration is 10 minutes per zone.
1332912
Absolutely, just select the desired zone and press "water now", or I believe there is a way to water all - just not looking at it right now.
1349035
I'm in agreement w/ B. Forest, to a degree. He's right about selecting programed watering by days of week per sequence, however, you can tweek this by reselecting a programed watering on another sequence. So, to properly answer your question, yes you can.
506258
Yes - has a connection for relay - works great Its different from the older style - no more water 3 or 5 days a week push button setting but rather odd-even day or you pick the days of the week. Get the rain sensor - I'm impressed how well that works (I had to brill thru brick to get wire outside but was worth it) Steve
25039
Yes. There is a switch which you can turn on manually. You may not get instant hot water when you turn it on. You need to leave it running for a couple of minutes.
2135060
By moving the handle either clockwise and or counter-clockwise to select the temperature, can you push-pull the lever to cause the water flow from shutoff to full flow? Adjustable does not tell me this.
739900
Yes you can choose the days you want to water on, it is very easy to set up. I have purchased 2 of these units now, 1 for my raised veggie boxes and glass house and the other side of it for my fruit trees. The other unit is for the flower gardens around the front of my house and the other side does my front garden. Very pleased with the units. I also purchased a single unit for my herb gardens. Happy watering
1302787
no not in my set up, there is a valve that closes like its motor driven, not like an electronic gate valve, so my answer would be no, I use it to water my outside plants in the summer with two cycle's per day it works great...Rocky
1218298
If water is not currently running, you can flip open the cover, press the Manual button, then press the + key until the display shows the number of minutes you want to run water (from 1 to 360 minutes), and finally press Enter. Once the manual override period ends, the unit reverts to watering as usual in Automatic mode. (You can also cancel out of Manual mode by pressing the Auto Run key.) I use the Manual (override) mode every day without removing the unit.
922569
You have to continually push the button, it is not automatic, I love this machine, I use it as a blender and it is the best I have ever had.
1345142
Yes............this is not a sophisticated watering system and that's fine with me, I purchased it because it works for what I need it to do, water patio plants and a small yard. This is the second unit I purchased, the first one lasted close to eight years (<$50)......thumbs up!!!
387607
I don't think it would be that hard if you are good at that sort of thing. But be aware the battery compartment is accessed from the bottom. I would love to see this available to be plugged in. Would definitely function better than with batteries. You have to have the lines really short to get a proper watering for the time limit setting.
739907
It is as Enrique A. Cordero has stated ie the day you set up the timer is day 1, so if it is a Monday when you set it up then 1 will be Monday, day 2 will be a Tuesday and so on. Any one of the numbered days (1-7) or some or all can be set as a watering day/s. The video is very informative!
1970643
Yes it can .. However.. U must start the unit off by using fresh water ... If u run nutes for yr plants thru the unit at any time u can Contaminate fresh drinking water .. My best suggestion is if u do deside to run nutes and use for fresh drinking water run a soft batch of bleach thru it to clean it... Hope this helps Queponz
1306945
Actually it has a 30 minute watering button on the side labeled "30 min water cycle." You press that, it gives you about 15 seconds to leave the area, then it waters for 30 minutes. A pretty cool feature!
1284627
Yes, depending on the pressure in the line. You can't manually operate the switch, it's automatic.
785503
No. It's is a mechanical time. If you want to vary watering by day of the week, hour of the day and watering time you should look at electronic water timers that attach to your hose bib. Hope this helps. (BTW we suggest you go organic, reduce your lawn size and use native plants that require less water thereby minimizing your overall watering needs and work, too.)
1648305
Yes to both of your questions! It also has a feature called cycle and soak, which will divide your total run time up into smaller cycles, giving the soil time to absorb. A great feature for getting the most watering out of your water restriction days. Since you are only running two or three days a week, you'll just set your run times higher then you would if you were running every day. That way when the software adjusts down for weather, it's not decreasing your watering too much. We love ours so much!