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Wireless technology has made its way further into your homes not only through the digital electronic gadgets you have in your living rooms and practically in your pockets, but also to the wide open spaces of your yards and gardens through your irrigation systems. Wireless drip irrigation controls save people from multi-tasking on water requirements when it comes to the time of day, the possibility of rain, and the moisture in soil. There is so much more ease and convenience to gardening these days.
Forms of wireless irrigation controls
Wireless drip irrigation controls are mostly operated through a remote control handset powered by ambient light and batteries. They are covered by a one-year warranty period in general, and their batteries are ensured to have a life of five years.
During installation, controller settings will be customized to your garden or landscape’s requirements on location or zone, soil type, sprinkler system, and day or night preferences for watering. All other settings will be adjusted to suit the microclimate of the neighborhood you are living in. Once these irrigation controllers are installed, you don’t have to visit or check on them at all.
Typical wireless drip irrigation controls set the watering system according to current weather conditions as well as moisture levels in the atmosphere. Controllers are equipped with rain and moisture sensors, and these are enclosed and weather-proofed against external factors like rain, snow, sleet, and dust. Add to that a soil moisture probe which does not corrode despite contact with soil and water. In certain models, the moisture probe also functions as a rain sensor. Thus you do not have to make manual soil tests or do regular soil readings, nor do you have to check outside every now and then if it is bound to rain or not.
Controllers may also support flow sensors which monitor how water flows through the sprinkler head and drip irrigation emitters. There is no excess run-off which exits from your property to affect other bodies of water. The supply of water is regulated such that it is efficiently delivered to plants yet wisely conserved in terms of dollars. Through wireless irrigation, water consumption can be decreased by as much as 30% which translates to considerable savings on your part.
Advantages of going wireless
One advantage of going wireless in irrigation controls is that you do not have to route your controller wires to each and every valve and sensor when you are installing your drip irrigation system. You do not have to go out and trace where to start repairing your broken controller wires once something goes wrong with the system. You also do not have to rush out every time to adjust your controller schedules, depending on how hot or rainy the day becomes. All in all, it is a worthy investment because of the savings you make with your time, energy, and effort.
Wireless systems are always going through innovations, so another development you may encounter is that wireless drip irrigation controls can be programmed by a company specialist to connect with your modem via wired internet connection, WiFi access, or 3G cellular phones instead of handheld remotes. It’s a wonder how technology keeps finding its way into your irrigation systems.
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Author Bio Box: Patricia Wainwright
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