In message <19990826164116.35788.qmail@hotmail.com>, John Waters
<john_fm_waters@HOTMAIL.COM> writes
>Hi All,
Hi
>
>I have built an automated lawn spraying system for my backyard. A PC is used
>to turn ON and OFF the water valve periodically according to a preset
>schedule. The problem now is, it may sometimes be raining during, or shortly
>before the spray time, which would simply waste water. Is there any
>commerically available rainfall detector that could be interface to my PC? I
>want to use it to stop unnecessary spraying. Or, I could build my own
>circuit for doing this, does anyone get such a circuit?
Bosch produce a rain detector for use in automotive applications, don't
have a model number anymore as the company I dealt with seem to have
dropped the range.
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>John
>
>
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