WHAT IS A RAIN SENSOR AND WHY DO I NEED ONE?

According to Florida Statute 373.62…

Any person who purchases and installs an automatic landscape irrigation system must properly install, maintain, and operate technology that inhibits or interrupts operation of the system during periods of sufficient moisture.

A licensed contractor who installs or performs work on an automatic landscape irrigation system must test for the correct operation of each inhibiting or interrupting device or switch on that system. If such devices or switches are not installed in the system or are not in proper operating condition, the contractor must install new ones or repair the existing ones and confirm that each device or switch is in proper operating condition before completing other work on the system.

A rain sensor in proper working condition is required on all irrigation systems.  The most common type of rain sensor operates with a system of cork wafers that when wet expand and sends a signal to the irrigation timer to bypass the systems programming until the sensor dries out.  It is required by state law that these rain sensors be monitored on a yearly basis.

Shaffer’s Irrigation will help you comply with this state requirement.