Did anyone observe a drastic reduction in water flow/pressure while using Claber 8410? Does anyone use this timer with a sprinkler drip irrigation?
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I agree with running one sprinkler at a time, although I do have one outlet hooked to a Rainbird and a soaker hose. Obviously the soaker requires very little pressure.
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I used it to water a large garden. You could only run one sprinkler at a time and the pressure was good. If you tried to run both at the same time the pressure was poor
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I am not sure what you mean by sprinkler drip irrigation. I do use the Duplo with a drip irrigation in my raised beds. Each bed has an individual faucet so I can turn the handle and reduce the flow so it does not blow the drip irrigation (1/4 in hose) off the supply hose.
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I have not noticed a drop in pressure, I don't use the drip system. I find the units work very well with small sprinkler nozzles.
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I have 8 of these on my property and they do not reduce water pressure any more than turning on an outdoor hose bib would reduce water pressure. That's more of a question for your water system than this product. Yes some of my Claber 8410's serve sprinkler drip hoses and they work fine together. I have added a seperate hose shutoff (Claber as well) between my hoses and the 8410 so I can run one pressure into the top of the 8410 yet have two different outlet water pressures/volume depending on the need. They work great. Not cheap but they are well engineered, durable and have held up for 3 seasons to date. I have 8 of these on my property and they do not reduce water pressure any more than turning on an outdoor hose bib would reduce water pressure. That's more of a question for your water system than this product. Yes some of my Claber 8410's serve sprinkler drip hoses and they work fine together. I have added a seperate hose shutoff (Claber as well) between my hoses and the 8410 so I can run one pressure into the top of the 8410 yet have two different outlet water pressures/volume depending on the need. They work great. Not cheap but they are well engineered, durable and have held up for 3... » Read More I have 8 of these on my property and they do not reduce water pressure any more than turning on an outdoor hose bib would reduce water pressure. That's more of a question for your water system than this product. Yes some of my Claber 8410's serve sprinkler drip hoses and they work fine together. I have added a seperate hose shutoff (Claber as well) between my hoses and the 8410 so I can run one pressure into the top of the 8410 yet have two different outlet water pressures/volume depending on the need. They work great. Not cheap but they are well engineered, durable and have held up for 3 seasons to date. « Show Less
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This happened to me and I flipped the little wire loop that pushes the flange to make the sprinkler reciprocate. It worked and hasn't messed up again. Also, sometime there is a little bit of debris in the nozzle and it doesn't make enough force to push the sprinkler. You can clean it out with a little wire Good luck!
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My hose sprayer works when my diverter is not in use. Did your sprayer work before attaching the diverter? Perhaps the mechanism inside of the faucet, that diverts water to the hose sprayer, broke?? Maybe it is just coincidental that it happened after attaching the diverter?? Sorry I can't be more helpful.
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No. It's is a mechanical time. If you want to vary watering by day of the week, hour of the day and watering time you should look at electronic water timers that attach to your hose bib. Hope this helps. (BTW we suggest you go organic, reduce your lawn size and use native plants that require less water thereby minimizing your overall watering needs and work, too.)
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you can adjust the pressure coming out of the head. I used this on my wood deck and was milder than using the spray head. This cuts your time by 75%. It is worth it!
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The timers I've received are time-based. There is no relation to volume through the filter. Due to that I employed an alternative method for determining replacement timing. When the water volume was noticeably reduced I would order a new filter. That seems to be the wisdom of the other answerers too. For me that was 40 months last time and saves lot of money over the recommended 12 month replacement cycle. Your experience may differ.
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To whom it may concern,I just purchased The " Claber 8410 Aquadue Duplo Dual-Outlet Digital Water Timer" and alredy have problems with the device at the first use. Actually, the device was fonctioning for a little while until I noticed a problem with the timer and also the valve was not closing and of course the water did not stop running.Shortly afterI programmed and installed the device, it went off (nothing on the dial) and one of the valves remained open. The battery is new and in good condition, and I also followed your advice (disconnect the battery and press all three key programming for 2 minutes) but there is still nothing on the screen.Please, let me know, what should I do ?Best regards,Francois Dubois. To whom it may concern,I just purchased The " Claber 8410 Aquadue Duplo Dual-Outlet Digital Water Timer" and alredy have problems with the device at the first use. Actually, the device was fonctioning for a little while until I noticed a problem with the timer and also the valve was not closing and of course the water did not stop running.Shortly afterI programmed and installed the device, it went off (nothing on the dial) and one of the valves remained open. The battery is new and in good condition, and I also followed your advice (disconnect the battery and... » Read More To whom it may concern,I just purchased The " Claber 8410 Aquadue Duplo Dual-Outlet Digital Water Timer" and alredy have problems with the device at the first use. Actually, the device was fonctioning for a little while until I noticed a problem with the timer and also the valve was not closing and of course the water did not stop running.Shortly afterI programmed and installed the device, it went off (nothing on the dial) and one of the valves remained open. The battery is new and in good condition, and I also followed your advice (disconnect the battery and press all three key programming for 2 minutes) but there is still nothing on the screen.Please, let me know, what should I do ?Best regards,Francois Dubois. « Show Less
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Yes to both of your questions! It also has a feature called cycle and soak, which will divide your total run time up into smaller cycles, giving the soil time to absorb. A great feature for getting the most watering out of your water restriction days. Since you are only running two or three days a week, you'll just set your run times higher then you would if you were running every day. That way when the software adjusts down for weather, it's not decreasing your watering too much. We love ours so much!
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Texas Skunk, I could not attach my Claber 8454 directly to the outdoor water faucet because the housing on the timer would hit the house when attempting to screw the timer onto the faucet. I chose to add a 3 foot water hose between the outdoor faucet and the timer and this allowed me to hid the timer behind a landscaping bush. My timer lays flat on the landscaping rock that surrounds the plants. The timer has worked flawlessly for the past two years. Hope this helps! Keith
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No, this is a two cycle timer so it can be set for 2 watering events per day. You should go for Claber 8456 which is a 6 cycle timer and can be set to watering 6 times a day.
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I am on my 4th root feeder in the last year. They have/had a problem with the valve and maybe yours-after they identified the problem-it seems to be fixed. The older ones worked great but the plastic ones-well, not so hot. Years ago when I lived in Nebraska I had a good metal one, I used it once a month and watered each tree on low water pressure for 30 minutes each at three locations at the drip line and they thrived. The soil I have at my new house in Oklahoma, the feeder has not made a significant difference......Yet. But then again the 3 I purchased last summer and fall and this spring were defective. I have a good one now. I am on my 4th root feeder in the last year. They have/had a problem with the valve and maybe yours-after they identified the problem-it seems to be fixed. The older ones worked great but the plastic ones-well, not so hot. Years ago when I lived in Nebraska I had a good metal one, I used it once a month and watered each tree on low water pressure for 30 minutes each at three locations at the drip line and they thrived. The soil I have at my new house in Oklahoma, the feeder has not made a significant difference......Yet. But then again the 3 I purchased last summer and fall and this spring... » Read More I am on my 4th root feeder in the last year. They have/had a problem with the valve and maybe yours-after they identified the problem-it seems to be fixed. The older ones worked great but the plastic ones-well, not so hot. Years ago when I lived in Nebraska I had a good metal one, I used it once a month and watered each tree on low water pressure for 30 minutes each at three locations at the drip line and they thrived. The soil I have at my new house in Oklahoma, the feeder has not made a significant difference......Yet. But then again the 3 I purchased last summer and fall and this spring were defective. I have a good one now. « Show Less
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I have had it with th orbit timer. I'm going to give the Claber one a try.... Maybe the Italians have one that works all the time..
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I have high pressure in my home water lines. I don't know how high, but it has always been so high that cheap timers fail quickly. I bought two of these more expensive timers and one lasted only about 4 weeks; the other is still working. One reason I liked these timers is that instead of shutting off quickly and causing water hammer effects (which also fatigued and broke a brass Y fitting), these shut down slowly so no hammer effect. Overall, the one that still works works well. The other one stopped working. A pretty expensive failure.
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Rather than a cutoff, I went to the local hardware store and purchased an inexpensive timer that fits between the faucet and hose. This way no unwanted pressure on the hose that can cause it to rupture.
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No if I remember right it is only for like three hours. You select how many minutes, it might have been up to 240 minutes. Been all winter haven't messed with it in months and don't have access to it currently. I love the timer though, it has worked great and reliable for me last year. My only quam with it is that it doesn't have a calendar type setup. My watering days are on the even days of the month, so if I select it to water every other day then I have to reset it come the 31st. So as long as the month ends in 28 or 30 I'm great. But otherwise it has helped me tremendously. Good Luck.
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It seems most of you have an earlier model that actually has a valve on the pot filler. The one I have just has the one lever valve at the base of the faucet and the water pressure on the sprayer is horrible. Even taking off the sprayer head still has very low pressure. The sprayer is practically useless for us.
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The mechanism has functioned for us at all pressure levels. Sometimes we use it to water a very small area (flower bed, raised bed) at very low settings and have had no issues with the unit sticking. The sprinkler also has a small regulating dial that allows you to fine-tune the setting without touching the main spigot. Also the arc regulators are so straight forward to use.