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[QUOTE="kingofnobbys, post: 1969107, member: 81934"] 16 June Update. Still waiting for Mr.kookaburra to show up to sort out issues. Fed up with waiting so did some trouble shoots on the timers , discovered the 2 HOSELINK timers had been turned off . Contacted NSW Fair Trading Help Line and to check on proper legal approach to sack the contractor and the legalities of not paying him ( all over again ) . Advise was I need to make a formal written complaint to Mr.Kookaburra and offer him the opportunity to respond / make good BEFORE making a formal complaint to NSW Fair Trading Tribunal. So I did this by both SMS and email . Wife is fed up , and wants this sorted. Have asked the 2 best irrigation installers in the area when at the earliest they can come and sort this out PROPERLY , it's not my design ( I've done the flow and pressure and pipework engineering calculations - the design is fine ). Earliest is maybe 6 weeks , all the gardeners and irrigation contractors are fully booked out in my area , some til next year. Don't know when / if Mr . Kookaburra will show up next . Hoping the money refunded to me by PayPal is enough incentive if he wants payment. I will only use PayPal to pay him - this is none-negotiable as I don't trust him . I will not be chasing him to get him to return . I don't need the stress and hassle of being told he'll be here at specific day and time only for him to be a no show yet again. In the meantime I decided to investigate why the HOSELINK tap-timers were not working and to do some trouble shooting , if need be reprogram them. Found 1) Taps were on. 2) timers were not in hibernation / sleep mode This left either a) the batteries were dead - checked = OK b) turned off c) program changed d) program corrupted e) both timers had an internal short circuit. Discovered on checking insitu that the timers had been turned off ( by Mr Kookaburra - don't ask me why , as he had no need to turn them off when he was here on Sunday to finish and test ). South Tap-timer before [img]https://i.postimg.cc/VsZ9MtYJ/IMG-1652.jpg[/img] South Tap-timer after trouble shooting . All I had to do was press the exit/pause = top button for 10 seconds , any shorter and the microprocessor programming wont respond - to avoid accidental activation, pausing or turnoffs ( electronically this has to with timing characteristics of the microprocessor's deactivation / reactivation pushbutton debounce circuit , testing insitu showed this was set to 9 to 10 seconds why ? I hear some here ask . Simple explanation [img]https://i.postimg.cc/YSwDVsyG/screenshot-307.png[/img] If the button is not pressed for a minimum number of clock cycles , the microprocessors assembly language will not respond , this avoid accident state changes , and glitches causing an undesireable state change . [img]https://i.postimg.cc/SNzZxdWS/IMG-1659-adjusted.jpg[/img] Is still programmed On at 16:45 duration = 15mins frequency = daily. North Tap-timer before [img]https://i.postimg.cc/1R0dGJ8v/IMG-1654.jpg[/img]] North Tap-timer after reinitialization [img]https://i.postimg.cc/L6wjnMmw/IMG-1660.jpg[/img] Is still programmed On 16:20 duration = 15mins frequency = daily. Unfortunately it rained this after before the now restarted tap-timers were scheduled to automatically water the 2 natives beds, the berry plants in pots and the strawberry gutter-troughs. This model of HOSELINK tap timer has a built-in rain detector that pauses scheduled waterings on the day it rains so we will have to wait til tomorrow to observe and check the 2 systems irrigating. Will check the cumulative flow rate to the strawberry troughs tomorrow morning and again on Friday morning . While I was at it , I turned off the globevalves for the middle 2 parallel beds fed by the manifold. No point have water going to these beds when there is nothing growing in them. My 8 new strawberry plants, new varieties of blueberry and of raspberry , arrived yesterday. The 5 tier vertical planter arrived today , is bigger than I expected , I don't like the poor quality 25mm ball bearing casters on it's base ( I can see the ball bearings wont stay in the bearing slot very long and there is too much freeplace in the horizontal bearing ) will be removing these poor quality casters with high quality similar sized swivel ball bearing casters. [/QUOTE]
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