Is the rain sensor hardwired to the controller or is it wireless like my current Rainbird?
619228
I believe it's hardwired. My husband had to purchase additional wire to place the sensor where he wanted it, as I think it only comes with 25 ft of wire. We really like this unit - only complaint is we can't set it to "skip" 2 days, water on the 3rd day" like our old unit. But it's fun to watch it decrease or increase the watering time based on weather here. We're very glad we bought it.
619229
The sensor that comes with this unit is wired. I found it not to work correctly with rain, although I think it sensed low temps OK and switched off the controller. I've had my unit for a couple of years. This year I replaced the wired rain sensor with Rainbird's wireless rain/freeze unit and it now controls and shuts off for rain. Not to say that you won't have a unit that shuts off when it rains. If I saturated the disks myself the wired unit would shut off the controller. However, even in pouring rain (like an inch and hour or more), I'd still find the controller running. This unit isn't exactly designed for the wireless units and so it took a bit of jerry rigging with the common wire etc. to get the replacement wireless to work correctly.
72536
No its wireless make sure the sensor is properly plugged in to the usb port, it may also just need to be charged
2146259
Mine is out in the rain and works just fine, the connections are waterproof....
2086841
This unit is hard wired I looked up the one your looking for it is wireless
1243644
Wired... It is a little on the large side, but replaced the original $100 sensor with no problems.
1849616
Does your wired rain sensor you are using mearsure Temperature and Solar Radiation? If not, you are not using all the functions of the Toro 53794 that give you the correct water amount. With the use of the Xtra Smart Wireless Weather Sensor my water bill was cut almost one-third paying for itself in 1 year.
583677
It's not wireless. The shop that installed it for me had to run a wire to the license plate camera I bought.
2181320
It is hardwired. I believed it to be plug-in and had to return it. Hope this helps!
1436936
It should. Check wiring terminals on controller. Rain sensor recvr connections should have jumper between them that will be removed to install sensor.
2032647
Probably, but you will have to do some hacking. It is a simple two wire connector from the rain sensor and rain sensor open circuits when it detects rain.
757086
I believe the "output" power from the controller is only 24 volt AC. So it probably would not directly provide control for a 120 volt pump. However, you can go directly to the RAIN BIRD site and find the manual and spec's of this unit which will give you more specific answers.
1922159
I don't use any sensors, but I believe that these are compatible with rain sensors. Better actually, the software via the internet modem will take the rain report for your location and not run your sprinklers as such.
353114
No it is not just the regular wireless one, try the Camo controller its good
398055
I'm not sure what you mean by hard-wire system... This timer is super easy to hook up assuming you have an electrical outlet close and your sprinkler system zone valve wires are already pulled to where you are mounting the timer. So, basically, the only wiring required is power, and a pair of wires for each zone control valve. There is an option for a moisture sensor to be wired as well - I did not need this.
147776
No rain sensor. It's for "future application" which may or not happen. I'd suspect that there is a "rain sensor" on the WWW that would/could work, but why bother? Turn the thing off when it rains.
1869113
The outlet has no GFI so using it outside even in a weatherproof box may be a code violation unless the supply feeding the outlet is a GFI breaker. You might need a phase link depending on what devices and phases are in use as the wireless signal to an external outlet might not be good enough. Hope this helps.
1480602
Hi, No, the bonus is not the rain sensor. It is about the USB adapter with which you can program the machine on your computer.