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Re: watering your grass or whatever
« Reply #25 on: June 09, 2016, 10:27:39 PM »
That is a good idea. Not sure if I can do that with my controller. It is a really old shitty controller. The contacts have started going bad on it. I'm looking to replace it with something I can control from my phone. Ideas?
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« Reply #26 on: June 09, 2016, 10:36:53 PM »
Anyone want to come over and tell me how to work mine?  I will pay you in beer.

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« Reply #27 on: June 10, 2016, 07:55:28 AM »
I'd rather not mow.

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« Reply #28 on: June 10, 2016, 08:24:57 AM »
Anyone want to come over and tell me how to work mine?  I will pay you in beer.

do you have your owners manual? if not, you'll need to post your model# so we can try to find it.

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« Reply #29 on: June 10, 2016, 08:27:54 AM »
guys, they all blow water all over my grass like crazy. wow. great job steve dave.

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« Reply #30 on: June 13, 2016, 10:01:20 AM »
Protip- water your zones for like only ten minutes each but then run it through twice. Allows the zones to soak up and avoid run off.
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Re: watering your grass or whatever
« Reply #31 on: June 13, 2016, 10:12:26 AM »
Anyone want to come over and tell me how to work mine?  I will pay you in beer.

do you have your owners manual? if not, you'll need to post your model# so we can try to find it.

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Re: watering your grass or whatever
« Reply #32 on: June 13, 2016, 10:34:24 AM »
Anyone want to come over and tell me how to work mine?  I will pay you in beer.

do you have your owners manual? if not, you'll need to post your model# so we can try to find it.

Weathermatic Smartline SL800?  I think the battery might be dead, not sure.  It is "on" and I can see the date and time and change settings and stuff, but nothing happens when I try to run "test" mode.

Did you use the giant rebar key thingy to turn the water back on yet?

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Re: watering your grass or whatever
« Reply #33 on: June 13, 2016, 10:38:00 AM »
I always read that the key to watering is "deep but infrequent" - like twice a week but really soak it. After a few years of trying this method, I suspect it may be bullshit. I mean, it's probably good advice if you want a healthy, natural lawn. But I want an unnaturally-green-all-summer-golf-course-style lawn. I hear that watering too often leads to a shallow root system, which isn't sustainable unless you plan to keep watering a lot. That's fine. I'm on a well. I'm still going to water in the morning so it dries during the day to avoid fungus and stuff, but otherwise I'm draining the aquifer. We'll see how this goes.

my L/A friend is team deep but infrequent.


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« Reply #34 on: June 13, 2016, 10:52:23 AM »
Anyone want to come over and tell me how to work mine?  I will pay you in beer.

do you have your owners manual? if not, you'll need to post your model# so we can try to find it.

Weathermatic Smartline SL800?  I think the battery might be dead, not sure.  It is "on" and I can see the date and time and change settings and stuff, but nothing happens when I try to run "test" mode.

Did you use the giant rebar key thingy to turn the water back on yet?


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Re: watering your grass or whatever
« Reply #35 on: June 13, 2016, 10:54:20 AM »
Anyone want to come over and tell me how to work mine?  I will pay you in beer.

do you have your owners manual? if not, you'll need to post your model# so we can try to find it.

Weathermatic Smartline SL800?  I think the battery might be dead, not sure.  It is "on" and I can see the date and time and change settings and stuff, but nothing happens when I try to run "test" mode.

Did you use the giant rebar key thingy to turn the water back on yet?




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« Reply #37 on: June 13, 2016, 10:58:47 AM »
I bought a new house and couldn't figure out the water heater thermostat.  I basically paid $80 for some guy to spend 5 minutes explaining it to me and thinking I was an idiot.  You'll enjoy the feeling KK.

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« Reply #38 on: June 13, 2016, 11:00:14 AM »
Hopefully metalhead's rate is cheaper.

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« Reply #39 on: June 13, 2016, 11:08:12 AM »
SD, no need to pay someone to charge your system in the spring, just be sure to slowly turn on the valve, don't just slam it open.

I just slammed it home. no negative consequences.

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« Reply #40 on: June 13, 2016, 12:09:09 PM »
Hopefully metalhead's rate is cheaper.

tonight is my free evening to help. contact me through your portable, handheld, cellular communications device.

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« Reply #41 on: June 13, 2016, 12:57:45 PM »
Hopefully metalhead's rate is cheaper.

tonight is my free evening to help. contact me through your portable, handheld, cellular communications device.
I am pretty sure metalhead can drink fast, but this won't take longer than 2 beers.


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« Reply #42 on: June 13, 2016, 01:09:36 PM »
Hopefully metalhead's rate is cheaper.

tonight is my free evening to help. contact me through your portable, handheld, cellular communications device.
I am pretty sure metalhead can drink fast, but this won't take longer than 2 beers.


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i'm not even in the top three fastest drinkers on this blogsite.

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« Reply #43 on: June 13, 2016, 01:34:33 PM »
Pms is quality over quantity
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« Reply #44 on: June 13, 2016, 01:36:26 PM »
Pms is quality over quantity

that's not necessarily true, either.

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« Reply #45 on: June 13, 2016, 01:53:27 PM »
Ok, a healthy mixture of the two
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Re: watering your grass or whatever
« Reply #46 on: June 13, 2016, 02:41:13 PM »
Hopefully metalhead's rate is cheaper.

tonight is my free evening to help. contact me through your portable, handheld, cellular communications device.
I am pretty sure metalhead can drink fast, but this won't take longer than 2 beers.


Royals aren't gonna win 'em all

i'm not even in the top three fastest drinkers on this blogsite.
I'm the fastest drinker on this blogsite and if someone wants to challenge me I dare them.


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Re: watering your grass or whatever
« Reply #47 on: June 13, 2016, 02:46:56 PM »
Hopefully metalhead's rate is cheaper.

tonight is my free evening to help. contact me through your portable, handheld, cellular communications device.
I am pretty sure metalhead can drink fast, but this won't take longer than 2 beers.


Royals aren't gonna win 'em all

i'm not even in the top three fastest drinkers on this blogsite.
I'm the fastest drinker on this blogsite and if someone wants to challenge me I dare them.

I challenge you to see if you can join Sabination and myself in the elite fraternity of Fifthmas Champions. You have ~6 months to train for the 2016 contest.

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« Reply #48 on: June 13, 2016, 04:03:11 PM »
my specialty is beers, partner.  specifically 4 beers.


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« Reply #49 on: June 13, 2016, 05:10:09 PM »
4 beers huh? I remember freshman year of high school too  :ROFL:
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