![]() So you want to know about the negatives – there aren’t many. They offer at least a one year limited warranty. If you are seeing the ‘battery low’ picture when you look at the front digital readout after only a few months – you may have a compromised timer (or an out of date battery). The timer runs on a 9V battery which (should) lasts for a year. Read more about this in ‘ How to Set Up Drip Irrigation with a Battery Operated Timer.‘ If you are only watering a few planters a short distance from the irrigation timer, you can also attach a female hose thread 1/4″ barbed adapter and go right to 1/4″ tubing. Also pictured is a brass 3/4″ female hose thread to female pipe thread brass swivel adapter. The filter and pressure can also be purchased as separate pieces. You want to add this in before connecting you drip lines. Other Likes:Įasy to hook up – and Dig (also Rain Bird) makes a one piece pressure reducer/filter that easily attaches to the the timer. To be specific- the timer I like is the Galcon 9001D Hose End Tap Timer with Programmable LCD Display (previously the Dig 9001D). So far, no changes on the Galcon, same great irrigation timer. I keep calling it the Dig timer but I’ve learned that the producer – Galcon – has taken it back and is manufacturing it under their own name. One option it does not have is ‘Skip Days'(something I love), allowing you to run your irrigation every day, every other day, third day, etc, but if they did have that the timer might be so popular they’d always be sold out. The Dig now allowed me to set any amount of time I wanted between 1 minute and 12 hours – at an exact time of day – with an option of 4 start times. The timer I previously used had a few choices for run times such as 1 min, 5 min, 10 min but there was nothing between 15 minutes and 30 minutes (some timers will give you 20 minutes). What’s so great, you ask? First and foremost, the ability to set the run time precisely. Months later, back at the irrigation supply store, I saw my old timer back on the shelf but didn’t give it a second look – Dig had won me over. But, surprise, this new irrigation timer was 10 times better. Ugh – something new, I thought, I wanted the timer I’m used to using. ![]() The battery operated timer I was replacing was now defunct. ![]() ![]() I was introduced to the Dig irrigation timer about seven years ago. ![]()
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