On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 00:08:35 -0600
Von Fugal wrote:
> * Sprinkler control - "gee it sure is hot today, better give the lawn
> a little extra water tonight", don't have to wait till the optimal
> time or until I get home, by which time I'll probably have forgotten
> about it. ;)
> I've been toyi
If you use moisture sensors, then you won't need to water the lawn on a time
based schedule. The sprinklers will simply turn on when the moisture content
drops below a certain threshold in that particular zone.
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From: "Charles Curley"
To: plug@plug.org
Sent: Saturda
On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 09:13:22 -0600 (MDT)
"plug.mailing-list" wrote:
> If you use moisture sensors, then you won't need to water the lawn on
> a time based schedule. The sprinklers will simply turn on when the
> moisture content drops below a certain threshold in that particular
> zone.
Interest
Yeah, moisture sensors come with their own set of issues, for me
primarily cost but there's also the logistics of running all the wires,
or do you make them wireless? batteries? where to install them? several
per zone to get an average?
The appeal of the camera is that it's cheap and you can use o
> On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 09:13:22 -0600 (MDT)
> "plug.mailing-list" wrote:
>
> > If you use moisture sensors, then you won't need to water the lawn on
> > a time based schedule. The sprinklers will simply turn on when the
> > moisture content drops below a certain threshold in that particular
> >
I'd be really interested to see the NEST clone or a sprinkler system when
you're done. I want to do the same, but those projects are lower down on a
long list of personal projects I need to do.
On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Von Fugal wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 09:13:22 -0600 (MDT)
>
I saw this on Hacker News a while back. I have not used it, bit it kind of
sounds like what you're looking for.
http://groovebasin.com
Original post I read:
http://andrewkelley.me/post/quest-build-ultimate-music-player.html
-John
On Jul 11, 2014 10:23 AM, "Brian J. Rogers" wrote:
> Does anyon
On 07/26/2014 09:01 AM, Charles Curley wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 00:08:35 -0600
> Von Fugal wrote:
>
>> * Sprinkler control - "gee it sure is hot today, better give the lawn
>> a little extra water tonight", don't have to wait till the optimal
>> time or until I get home, by which time I'll pr
