No one ever says this but....

[ajonesaz]

Originally Posted by Ponderosa

It may be a good idea, but so many here have landscapers, pool service, bug men. They don't know how to do much of anything around the house including adjust the timers.

Well landscapers don't pay the water bill, so homeowners should learn

Just turn the box from "auto" to "off" then back to "auto" after a few days. Landscapers should be willing to teach because when you double water things grow faster and its more work.

[ajonesaz]

Originally Posted by wit-nit

Agree and just like in the middle of summer you see sprinklers on for 10 or 15+ minutes during the heat of the day, water wasted by evaporation doing the grass and other plants no good.

This too. I emailed my HOA back in July because they were watering the parks at 4pm when it was 112! Someone mixed up the AM and PM

[PinkElephant]

too much of a pain to adjust per maintainence.

[PhxMan500]

Is turning a knob to "Off" and then "On" a day or two later really that big of a deal? I'm sure in the future when we start to care about the drought, a $500 fine will make it worth the minimal effort of figuring out an on/off switch or a $5 rain monitor for sprinkler timers.

I completely agree this is annoying, much along the lines of people who park their shopping carts in front of their car when the cart return is on the other side of their car, people who don't recycle, and people who litter. It's tough to understand how people have no shame in their extreme laziness and NO regard for others in their community.

[SluggoF16]

Originally Posted by Ponderosa

It may be a good idea, but so many here have landscapers, pool service, bug men. They don't know how to do much of anything around the house including adjust the timers.

At least you don't have daylight savings time to deal with...

The rain sensor is a very useful money-saver. I have one here in SW OK. When I lived in AZ as a kid our valves were manual, no automatic timer for sprinklers. Maybe the best solution (unless your dad asks you to run the front yard sprinklers and you forget... he took the water bill out of my allowance, which in the mid-70s wasn't much). Another advantage to manual valves was during windy days... it bugs me to see sprinklers watering everything (sidewalks, parking lots, cars, buildings) except for the grass or shrubs.

[FloppyRunner]

The problem with HOA's and commercial properties is that they're generally maintained by landscape maintenance companies. It would be impossible for these people to run to EACH property they maintain and adjust the clocks every time it sprinkles.

I do it my house, but I don't expect to see it done at the mall. Maybe someday...

[petlover8]

Originally Posted by wit-nit

Agree and just like in the middle of summer you see sprinklers on for 10 or 15+ minutes during the heat of the day, water wasted by evaporation doing the grass and other plants no good.

It's amazing the amount of people and businesses who do this on a regular basis. I see it all the time. This wastes far more water, than leaving your irrigation on during our once in a blue moon monsoon rains. If you can drive without headlights, you shouldn't be watering, period.

[LBTRS]

Heck, I adjust my own timers but every time I go out to do it I have to learn the thing all over because it is so complicated. Not intuitive at all. I dread having to deal with the thing.