How To Test Your Rain Sensor

Turn on the time clock for the zone nearest the sensor.

How to test your rain sensor.

Hold down the test spindle on the rain sensor. The top value shows the current rain accumulation. Check to make sure that the jumper tab also called a jumper wire was removed when the rain sensor was hooked up to the control panel. A new activity should be logged as rain sensor deactivated.

If your controller is showing a message indicating that the sensor is active even thought it has not rained or if the sensor is not shutting down the irrigat. Things needed operator s manual for your irrigation system. The sensor detects the light reflected back internally by the windshield glass so if there were more raindrops on the windshield the less light would be reflected back to the sensor. Locate the rain sensor for your irrigation system.

Typically it will be located on the roofline or atop a fence. No matter the type of rain sensor you choose all rain sensors offer many advantages over not having one attached to your automatic sprinkler system. You use all the other options on the dashboard to verify the rain gauge calibration. Refresh the history feed pull to refresh on android and ios.

The other options show test results. Check to make sure that the top of the sensor is not covered by eaves treetops or other obstructions that keep rain from reaching the sensor. Some of the benefits both immediate and long term include. Saving money whether you pay for city water or spend electricity running a pump the money you save over.

The three options with buttons may require your input. Refresh your device s history feed again. You can edit this value so that the rain value can be preset to a known value. Release the test spindle on the rain sensor.