Re: Moisture

["Bov" <bov@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Steve,

I couldn't find anything relevant about moisture sensors in the past
history - I'll go have another search...

Which rain bucket did you go with? That method should work just as well.






--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Steve" <stevec@...> wrote:
>
> I think in the past there have been lots of talk about measuring
moisture and having moist sensors with a variable tolerance switch attached
to indicate if it's wet or not.
>
> Personally I went with the rain bucket connected to an input on HV and
each tip of the little measuring switch would increment a counter in HV and
each evening based on the number of tips HV would calculate how many
minutes each water zone needed.  It's not really measuring the moisture as
this is rain and temperature dependent but it's a fairly good method and
worked for me.  Nothing died and nothing got drowned. :)
>
> Steve
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Bov" <bov@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > What is the best way to measure soil moisture using a HomeVision
unit? Anyone tried this and have recommendations? I want to adapt my garden
watering schedule when the ground is already damp to save on water.
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
> > Bov.
> >
>




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