Weather Module/Irrigation - Clarifications needed

[Waketech]

All,

 

I have done some searches and came up empty, I am trying to program my sprinklers etc but need so clarification on a few things...

 

Evapatorisation

I assume this is the amount of water taken from the lawn per day, when is this reset (time)

 

Irrigation Requirement

I assume this how much water is required to replenish the moisture, how does this get reset ?

 

Yesterday's water deficit

I assume this is a mirror of the Evaporatisation ?

 

Through the irrigation module i have entered the following info..

Soil Type = Silty Loam

Root Depth = 1" (new sod only a year old, not sure if this number is correct)

Managed allowable depletion = 50%

Calculated deletion = 0.1"

Based on this my water applied number is 0.125" (Does this seem normal and what does this mean)

 

I used the Wiki to calculate the run times so this is straight forward, however all is based on the data above. What to I program to turn on the sprinklers ?(Irrigation requirement, etc) ?. Also what is the cycle complete for ?.

 

Thanks

[Michel Kohanim]

Hi Waketech,

 

Evapatorisation

I assume this is the amount of water taken from the lawn per day, when is this reset (time)

Yes.

 

Irrigation Requirement

I assume this how much water is required to replenish the moisture, how does this get reset ?

Yes ... to reset: http://wiki.universal-devices.com/index ... the_Module

 

Yesterday's water deficit

I assume this is a mirror of the Evaporatisation ?

No, irrigation requirement which also includes rain information.

 

Through the irrigation module i have entered the following info..

Soil Type = Silty Loam

Root Depth = 1" (new sod only a year old, not sure if this number is correct)

Managed allowable depletion = 50%

Calculated deletion = 0.1"

Based on this my water applied number is 0.125" (Does this seem normal and what does this mean)

It means that your plants require 0.125" of water per cycle.

 

I used the Wiki to calculate the run times so this is straight forward, however all is based on the data above. What to I program to turn on the sprinklers ?(Irrigation requirement, etc) ?. Also what is the cycle complete for ?.

You use Irrigation Requirement:

http://wiki.universal-devices.com/index ... _If_Needed

 

With kind regards,

Michel