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Originally Posted by Baz
OK got it.
Just from the perspective of an irrigation contractor, I would want to have that app, so I could operate your system on my own.
I've worked on irrigation systems where I had to turn the system on and off about 10-15 times plus switch back and forth to different zones while doing service work.
Depending on someone else to do all that for me on their phone would be a bit more involved than what I'm used to.
Not trying to be obtuse, Scott. I like the idea of having control from long distance on things but not sure what you have is ideal from a service perspective - that's all.
Edit: I should also say that smart phone technology is catching on in the irrigation business and I bet there are many irrigation contractors - especially the bigger outfits - that wouldn't give it a second thought to have your app so they could service your system when called upon to do so. I'm just not tech savvy enough for all that and actually headed into retirement anyway so my opinion probably isn't worth that much. Congrats on your new technology!
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Well with either the old or new system they could have performed the service without me around.
Zone valve controls are all external and can be actuated manually at any time.
Me on the phone was actually easier since they did not have to walk all the way around the house to turn on, then go back out front to look, go back to turn off current zone and turn on new one, rinse repeat.
And I wanted to speak with them to make sure they caught every issue as a couple were not obvious.
The convenience factor is not for service, it's for me.
I got tired of having to go into the garage every time I needed to interact with the system which with the old was was actually often.
It's only when I put in the Rachio that I finally discovered why the weather sensor never seemed to work.
I'm staring at the wiring and there is one wire that looked to be wired as a loop that I could not figure out how to transfer to the Rachio so I dig up the manual for the original system, ",,,,if you are using the external weather sensor remove this loop....". When we built the house the installer never hooked up the weather sensor properly.