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This manual explains
Introduction
how to install your
Features
Lawn Genie sprinkler
Installation
controller and program
Installing the controller.. ................................................ 6
it for the watering
Connecting the valves.. ................................................. 7
schedule that's right
Connecting the battery
for your garden. The
fol l l o wing sections are
Programming
arranged to match the
Setting the current time and day ................................... 9
most efficient instal-
Setting the run times and daily schedule. .................... 10
lation sequence.
Setting the start times ................................................. 12
Refer to them in the
Water considerations .................................................. 13
order presented for
Typical program for lawn & garden.. ............................ 14
best results.
Additional information
Installing a pump-start relay.. ...................................... 15
Special functions.. ........................................................ 16
Trouble-shooting ......................................................... 19
Warranty .................................................................... 21
Your watering schedule .............................................. 24
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Your Lawn Genie sprinkler
time to one or more sprink-
controller is the heart of
ler heads controlled by a
your automated watering
single valve. Each valve and
system. It lets you supply
the sprinklers it controls are
different parts of your lawn
called a Zone. The L80306P
and garden with precisely
lets you divide your yard
the water they require,
into as many as six Zones.
exactly when they require
Programming options
it. All without any effort on
Certain parts of your yard
your part once you've pro-
may need water every
grammed your system.
other day. Other parts may
The Lawn Genie L80306P
need water twice a week.
controller gives you four
Multiple programming lets
ways to control how you
you assign each of your
distribute water to various
Zones a separate watering
parts of your yard. Here's
day schedule. You can pro-
how they work:
gram a combination of spe-
Zone control
cific days of the week or
Lawns, shrubs, flower beds
day intervals-whichever
and other foliage all need
best suits your needs. For
example, Zone 1 may water
different amounts of water.
You can tailor the water de-
Mondays only, Zone 3 may
livered to different parts of
water Tuesdays and
your yard by assigning a dif-
Thursdays only, Zones 4
ferent day schedule and run
and 5 may water every
Here's how the controller connects to your system
Plug-In
Controller unit
other day, and Zones 2 and
6 may water daily. For
details, see "Setting the
days to water" on page 11.
Start times
You can specify up to four
different times per day for
your system to start water-
ing. Each start time you set
will water in sequence all
Zones programmed for that
day, beginning with the
lowest numbered Zone.
Zones set to water on other
days will start at these
same times on the days for
which they're programmed.
Watering run time
To deliver the correct
amount of water to the
foliage within each Zone,
you can set each Zone to
shut off after a specified
period of time-from
0 to 12 hours, 59 minutes.
Automatic
Automatic
Sprinkler
in-line valve
(some installations)
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