Irritrol Rain Dial-R User Manual

18
Getting the Most From Your Controller
What is an Automatic Program Watering Cycle?
An automatic watering Program begins at its earliest assigned start time
on a scheduled watering day. The lowest valve station number assigned
to the Program, turns on and operates the sprinklers for the specified
run time duration. When finished, the next valve station in numeric
order (with an assigned run time in the Program) begins operation. The
Program Watering Cycle continues until all valve stations with an assigned
run time in the Program have operated.
Why three programs?
A typical residential
landscape includes
various sections of
lawn, shrubs, trees and
ground cover, all of
which require watering
on different schedules
for optimum plant health
and conservation. To
accommodate this, the
Rain Dial-R provides
three independent
watering Programs:
A, B and C.
The example below shows how multiple Programs can be used to easily
accomplish this:
Program Start
Time
Valve
#
Location Run
Time
Schedule
A (#1) 5:00
AM
1 Front Lawn 15 min. Odd
2 Back yard 15 min. Odd
3 Side Yard 10 min. Odd
B (#1) 3:00
PM
4 Trees
(drip)
2 hrs. Mon
C (#1) 4:00
PM
5 Garden 5 min. Skip Days
(1)
(#1) 7:30
PM
5 Garden 5 min. Skip Days
(1)
Valve locations

Irritrol Rain Dial-R Specifications

General

Brand	Irritrol
Model	Rain Dial-R
Category	Controller
Language	English