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Lawn Sprinkler project

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  Lawn Sprinkler Project     This post describes a lawn sprinkler project I recently built here in The Villages.  For ease of reference, I am going to refer to this homebuilt controller as Sprinkler1 .      This is the first draft and may contain mistakes.  If you are a beginner, be careful about implementing this device. Introduction      Like many of you, I have relied on the builder-supplied commercially available sprinkle controller.  In my case, it is the Hunter Pro C Sprinkler Controller.  It works quite well  It includes a component called the Solar Sync.  The Solar Sync Sensor is an evapotranspiration (ET) system that calculates plant-watering requirements and adjusts the sprinkling times set in the controller to match the environment.  It seems to work very well for me, but some neighbors have complained that it does not work well.  Some even stated that the landscaping people recommended that it be removed from their controller.     One thing I don't like about the Hunter