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Old 05-05-2008, 07:43 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening,uk.d-i-y
Martin Pentreath Martin Pentreath is offline
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Default Automatic irrigation timers and pressure

On 5 May, 16:31, judith wrote:

I do not think the problem is necessarily with the timer - when I
first bought my Gardena irrigation system (quite a few years ago)
there was a pressure control until which went between the tap and the
drippers. *I have now added a timer so I have:

tap----timer-----pressure controller------drippers

and it works very well.


Hi Judith,

It did come with a pressure controlling fitting, but this reduces the
pressure so I've left it out, I don't see how anything could screw
inline to increase the pressure.

Thanks to Spamlet for the suggestion. I can't see any way to take it
apart, and anyway I think they only call it a water-saving timer
because the timer concept means you only water for as long as you
need, not because it's designed to restrict the flow.

Martin