Rainmachine Touch HD-12 - Zone Properties; Weather and Seasonal Adjustments; Soil, Slope, and Exposure Settings; Field Capacity Definition

RainMachineTouchHD12QuickStartGuide
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ZoneProperties&MasterValve
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Tomodifyzoneproperties,tapEdit
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Note:Ifyouhaveamastervalveorapump,Zone1canbere
assignedasaMasterValve.
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Weatherandseasonaladjustments.SelectLiveWeatheror
SeasonalAdjustmentsforyourzone.Ifbothoptionsaredisabled,
theRainMachinewillnotadjustwateringdurations.
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SoilType,SlopeandExposure:Differentsoiltypeshavedifferent
waterretentionproperties;claysoilstendtoexperiencerunoff,
whileloamysoilsmayholdwaterforalongduration.Theamount
ofwatercontentheldinthesoilisreferredtoasFieldCapacity.
SunExposuredirectlyaffectstheevaporationrate(moresun
requiresmorewater).Slopeincreasesrunoff.
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