Re: Vegie Garden Irrigation Installation

["Frank Mc Alinden" <frankmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tim

The valves cost me around $25 AUS each  and the 4 way manifolds cost around
$13AUS each...Doing a system like this the cost can soon add up ,but when i
decided to do it i would buy some kit each time i was in the hardware store
(Bunnings) ....

The pcb cost $20 US which isnt bad and the solid state relays were around
$9
AUS...Cant recall what i paid for the plastic box for the
electronics....Then theres the timber for the valve stand....

Frank

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Ramsdale" <tim@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Vegie Garden Irrigation Installation


> Hi Frank,
>
> System looks great - whose valves and irrigation components did you
use
> (apologies if this was an earlier thread). When I looked, the values
all
> looked very expensive for this sort of systm.
>
> Tim.
>
> 2008/12/28 Neil Wrightson <neilw@xxxxxxx>
>
>>   Hi Frank,
>>
>> So when do I get to sample the produce? ;-)
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Neil Wrightson.
>>
>> _____
>>
>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:
>> ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf Of
>> Frank Mc Alinden
>> Sent: Sunday, 28 December 2008 5:19 PM
>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
>> Subject: [ukha_d] Vegie Garden Irrigation Installation
>>
>>
>> Hi Guys
>>
>> Have just finished my vegie garden irrigation installation...
>>
>> I decided to use Gerry Dupreys Sprinkler controller and built a 10
zone
>> version ....
>> http://www.rgbled.
<http://www.rgbled.org/sprinkler/index.html>
>> org/sprinkler/index.html
>>
>> I wasnt looking forward to verboarding all components and decided
to use
>> a
>> pcb for the pic micro and veroboard the solid state relays....Got
the pcb
>> from Futurelec , to get it to work i had to remove 3 resistors and
cut
>> one
>> track...
>> http://www.futurlec <http://www.futurlec.com/PIC16F877_Controller.shtml>
>>
>> .com/PIC16F877_Controller.shtml
>>
>> After waiting approx 8 weeks for Futurelec to supply some solid
state
>> relays
>> i decided to order some from a local company Ocean Controls...
>> http://www.oceancon
>> <http://www.oceancontrols.com.au/relays/ssr/solid_state_relays.htm>
>> trols.com.au/relays/ssr/solid_state_relays.htm
>>
>> Built the controller and bench tested it and all worked
fine...Next
>> hurdle
>> was the installation..
>> I ran the cables from the vegie garden controller to my water tank
system
>> and from there to my garden shed....The cable run would be quite
long for
>> a
>> serial interface so i decided to install an 8 way switch in my
water tank
>> controller and connect it via a 10 pair cable in my garden shed
back to
>> the
>> switch in humble node 0.....Spent the few days i had off over
Christmas
>> to
>> connect the wiring ,valves etc and test....Connected the vegie
garden
>> controller to a MSS100 serial to ethernet device wrote some xPL
>> Determinators and all was good...Did have to modify my water tank
plc
>> program to start the pump whenever the vegie garden pump solid
state
>> relay
>> was active....I allowed the vegie garden controller priority over
the
>> other
>> Modes ie harvesting , garden bed irrigation ....All thats left to
do is
>> to
>> write a recurring event in xPL Manager so that the vegie patch
gets
>> irrigated every morning....Will probably modify my water tank plc
program
>> so
>> that if the water level gets low it wont water the garden beds
...Would
>> like
>> to thank Gerry Duprey for making his sprinkler project available
to the
>> public and also for writing the xPL Plugin...
>> Heres some pics of my install....
>> http://s195.
>> <
>> http://s195.photobucket.com/albums/z38/frankmc_2007/Vegie%20Garden%20Contro
>> ller/>
>>
photobucket.com/albums/z38/frankmc_2007/Vegie%20Garden%20Controller/
>>
>> Frank
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>
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> Tim Ramsdale.
>
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