Timing is Everything - How to program your irrigation controller (#WF-8LCD timer w/flow meter)

You can literally save thousands of gallons of water in your landscape, and save your plants from drowning, with the proper setting of your irrigation controller. But you can't just set it and forget it. You need to change the watering schedules as plants become established, with the changing seasons, and when it rains. Here's two setting example to guide to make setting your irrigation controller easier.

Current Time: 2:16

Start Time: 2:30 (a specific valve will open to irrigate a station or zone)

Program (1) :

If given Water Flow Volume setting= 10 Lit/Gal, and  MIST CYCLE = 20% (The timer waters for 2 Lit/Gal, stop 10mins. (for regular STOP), then repeat)  Number of watering times = 100% ÷ 20% = 5 times

Min. cycle time: 4 stops x 10 min. = 40min. + watering period for total 20 Lit/Gal 【different water pressure spends shorter/longer period time】

Program (2) :

If given Water Flow Volume setting= 20 Lit/Gal, and  MIST CYCLE=30% (The timer waters for 6 Lit/Gal, stops 10mins, then repeat.)  Number of watering times=20 Lit/Gal x 30%= 3 times x 6 Lit/Gal and 2 Lit/Gal surplus (means min. watering   times is 4)  Min. cycle time: 3 stops x 10min = 30mins (Total minutes of watering period + MIST CYCLE) 30mins ÷ 60mins = 0.5 hours + watering period for 20 Lit/Gal

        So, CYCLE TIME is programmed as 1 HR automatically.

Manual on/off buttons let you run through an entire program whenever you want a supplemental watering.