Determine A Watering Plan - Orbit 57880 User Manual

Determine a Watering Plan

To help you visualize how best to program the sprinkler timer, it
might be helpful to make a watering plan on paper . This will help
you establish which days and times you want to water . [See Figure 2]
1 . For each station (or valve) write down the watering location,
the type of sprinkler head and the plants to be watered .
2 . Using this list, determine the recommended watering dura-
tion (for each type of sprinkler head and the vegetation
to be watered) and frequency for each station .
Important: Identify any imposed watering restrictions through
your local water district.
3 . Determine, based on step 2, the ideal watering option for each
station .
Watering
Station Program
1 A Days of Week
2 A Days of Week
3 A Days of Week
4 A Days of Week
5 B
6 B
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Days
Option
M, W, Sat 5:00 AM
M, W, Sat
M, W, Sat
M, W, Sat
Interval Every 5 days 9:00 AM
Interval Every 5 days
Figure : Creating a Watering Plan
• program A allows you to select specific days of the week to
water (e .g . Monday, Wednesday and and Saturday) as well
as every second day (every other day) .
• program B allows you to specify 2 options:
- Interval Watering - Interval watering is used to water at
an interval from 1 to 28 days . An interval of 1 will water
every day; an interval of 2 will water every other day, etc .
- Odd or Even Days - The sprinkler timer can be selected
to only water on Odd days or Even days . The odd/even
schedule is based on the date .
Start Duration
Location
Time Minutes
15 min Front Strip
15 min Front
30 min Back, South
30 min Back, North
30 min Back
30 min Front
Sprinkler Plants
Spray Heads Grass
Spray Heads Grass
Gear Drive Grass
Gear Drive Grass
Shrub Head Shrubs and Flowers
Shrub Head Shrubs and Flowers
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