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Be Nice To Your Plants!

By: Candice A Donofrio
Monday, July 16, 2007 4:04 PM

Dee Dee Dee! I have an automatic drip sprinkler system that was installed in our home 6 years ago when we bought it new (it was a model).

Never any problem till about a week ago . . . timer doesn't work. Will turn on manually but I don't want to remember to turn each valve on for 20 minutes, one after the other, twice a day. And in hundred and 'teens' temperatures, even native plants will not survive.

So why am I a DEE? Because, while looking for a new system, thinking it needed replacing, I stumbled on the company's tech support number.

A very nice lady showed me how to open the unit and CHANGE THE BATTERY.

Yep, even a hardwired in system may have a 9V battery.

Anyway, all's well that ends well and while you're at it, you might want to pick up a few more 9Vs for your smoke detectors . . .

Comments

Member Since '04	Mary Welch said: Ok Candice, it took alot of guts to tell that blonde joke. Just start laughing so we are laughing WITH you. lol July 16, 2007 5:29 PM
Member Since '07	Shelly Constantz said: Don't you feel smart? You got your auto water thingamajiggy working and it only cost you a phone call and 9v!! You Rock!! July 16, 2007 5:33 PM
Member Since '07	Candice A Donofrio said: I was ready to rip the whole %$#^%$* thing outta the wall and rewire it. Shee . . . long day . . . LOL July 16, 2007 7:05 PM
Member Since '05	Jana Davis & Virginia Houghton said: Please don't feel bad. We had (notice I said H A D) a very fancy dancy programmable thermostat when we bought this house. You could probably program it for any temp you would like at any time of the day or night. I say probably because I lost the booklet. (I put it away after I reprogrammed for our first winter, I am sure I will find it someday.) When spring came and time for reprogramming, for the life of me I could not remember what I did, I had to fight with that dang thing almost everyday. Finally all the lights went out and throwing my hands up in the air I called our heat and air guy. He stopped by that day, with very serious look on his face, he opened that dang thing up, reached down into his toolbox, pulled something out, popped it in AND wa la it was working again. What did you do? How did you do that? He held up a 9V battery! Yes, that needed one of those dang things too! J J July 16, 2007 9:09 PM
Member Since '07	Candice A Donofrio said: LOL Jana, but you know I'm too dumb to know I'm being dumb so when I make a super discovery like that, I think it's so GREAT. Did I take my yellow pill today? I don't remember, but I don't want to take two so I will find out around 3 pm when I forget where the sunglasses on my head are. . . . July 17, 2007 10:21 AM