Re: Garden hose automation - suggestions?

[Joerg <notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Jack,

> He also said it was a two wire affair, yet as pictured my valves have a
> 3 wire connector. It is a 3.5mm stereo mini-headphone jack...

That's the other thing that concerns me. Stereo jacks are notorious for
intermittent contact. Guess you've had that on airplanes like I did
where you have to jiggle the connector to get sound. So just imagine,
valve opens, jack becomes loose, controller says "close" but the valve
doesn't get it.

Regards, Joerg

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