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Sunday, July 21, 2019
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Matt D.
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Connecticut
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Misting Systems
*There are two systems because one is for the outdoor plant and the other is for the indoor plant.
Outdoor Plant: DIG 710A
This could have a rain sensor attached, but since it does not apply that much water it is not a major concern and it is easy to simply turn off, if the conditions to not justify the addition of a mist for cooling. In general this runs for 15min. on the hour from 11am to 3pm (so 5 times a day at 15min. each time).
Indoor Plant: DIG 710AP
This timer has a propagation mode which is well suited for the continual need to cool the indoor structure. This means that an on and off time can be set with duration of misting and an “off” interval. The timer will simply cycle between the preset times which has made maintaining the cooling of the plant simple and reliable. I only run the misters for 4min. every 20min. from 10am to 5pm on the hottest days and on the less intense days I keep the interval the same, but only run it from 10am to 3pm and may turn one of the two misters off. In the structure there is a concern of humidity so while the water does help the evaporative cooling process, if the humidity is already high this is my attempt to reduce the total water volume added to the structure.
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