A thermostat for your sprinkler system

The more you know about sprinkler systems the more stupendous this news is. If you don't know anything about a sprinkler system and are familiar with a central heating and a/c system and its controller or thermostat, you wonder why the Rainstat hasn't been here all along.

Let me start at the end: We now have a sprinkler controller that is as all-encompassing as your thermostat is--but for your yard. Your thermostat just has to know what the temperature is and what you want it to be. You don't have to turn it on, then turn it off, only to have to turn it back on--all day and all night long. We take it for granted. But your sprinkler system needs to know a lot more.

For your landscape to do well while using the least amount of water, your controller would need to know the amount of rain you have received, the kind of soil you have, the type of heads your system has, the humidity, the slope of the ground and your latitude and longitude. Whew! That's a lot to know and your controller needs to know that information for each zone in your system.

The Rainstat knows all of that. Because it connects to your on-site weather station, it recalculates your watering schedule, based on all that data, every 8 seconds! Before the Rainstat, you had to tell your sprinkler system to turn on the water every Monday, Wednesday and Friday for 20 minutes a zone and start it at 4 in the morning. Sound familiar? That is gone now.

This controller has shown to save between 20% and 50% on your water bill. And the unit can be installed and programmed for under $1,000! Do the math. How long will it take before the Rainstat has paid for itself?

For more information, go to the Rainstat web site at www.rainstat.com. If you're in the Waco area, you can call us to get one. Rainstat's number in Waco is 254.829.3800.

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