Remote Wireless Controlled Lawn Sprinkler Valves
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npalen
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I really don't want to be the envy of the neighborhood. Just want to be able to water the d**n lawn when I'm 90 years old.
robstaples
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I have a 24 zone wifi controller by Bluespray connected to a hard wire mesh of rain bird valves on traditional system. My longest run is approaching 200 ft with 18 ga solid direct bury cable. In Bluespray, you set up programs of what valves and how long and then calendarize when programs run. I love that I can set up a fall blow out program of 2 minutes each zone and then time between zones at 3 minutes for my compressors to recharge tank. I hard plumbed in a quick connect air valve and the hose jumper to my air system.
I run the fall program a couple of times and walk around the yard to see that only sir is coming out. It supports a pump relay which I used to double up cable zones. Relay off, zone 9,10,11,12. Relay on, zone 13-16 . On same wire
Here is a picture of yard set up ( from google maps) . With a zone I started for this example. Just touch a valve and a window opens where you set time to run.
I run the fall program a couple of times and walk around the yard to see that only sir is coming out. It supports a pump relay which I used to double up cable zones. Relay off, zone 9,10,11,12. Relay on, zone 13-16 . On same wire
Here is a picture of yard set up ( from google maps) . With a zone I started for this example. Just touch a valve and a window opens where you set time to run.
robstaples
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I should add, the picture shows a zone as a sprinkler head going off. You can’t map the actual heads, only a representation of the zone.
grsthegreat
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I placed an air hose adapter in underground control box near my shop, with a gate valve just before hose adapter. I run out 50’ air hose from shop compressor, dial back compressor to 40psi, and manually run thru valves for winter blow out. Dies not take very long. I simply blow each zone until I see air at each head. Compressor keeps up fine. Been doing it this way for nearly 15 years and i have never had sny frozen breaks.
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npalen
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I do the same except leave the compressor at its normal 150 PSI. Sure gets the cobs out of the gear drive heads!
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I don't have irrigation at our current house, but at the last place I had a 20 zone system that was so insanely complicated only a rocket scientist like me would do it. I hooked up an air blowout and used to run my 60 gal compressor (no higher than 50psi) to clear out the system each fall. One year I was real late doing this, December I think, and due to the weather conditions, the wet bulb temperature was such that I blew snow out of the sprinkler heads. They would start off as water then once it got to be an air-water mix, went over to snow. I had a small fan of frost and snow around each rotor head, and a skinny streak around the fixed head. Probably couldn't do that on purpose if I tried.
grsthegreat
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I only turn it down cause im afraid ill blow the pop up riser out of the groundI do the same except leave the compressor at its normal 150 PSI. Sure gets the cobs out of the gear drive heads!
Maxify55
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We run 12 zones equi-distant from B-Hyve wi-fi controller.
The 12 zones span 650' in either direction.
Each valve off the main supply line controls 4 (360 degree heads) 80' apart spraying back to one another.
There are two other zones on another B-Hyve controller for the homes.
I set several programs for each of the zone for different days and all from my iPhone through an app.
My wife indulges me with tech but as we age it just gets harder to do all these things manually.
The 12 zones span 650' in either direction.
Each valve off the main supply line controls 4 (360 degree heads) 80' apart spraying back to one another.
There are two other zones on another B-Hyve controller for the homes.
I set several programs for each of the zone for different days and all from my iPhone through an app.
My wife indulges me with tech but as we age it just gets harder to do all these things manually.
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npalen
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That's interesting! Would you happen to know max distance between smart phone and the hub shown below? I'm assuming that the distance between the hub and timers is much further than the 150' or so that I would need?
Smart Hose Watering Timer from B-hyve (with Wi-Fi Hub) | Orbit Irrigation