Irritrol MC-E - Manual (Page 24)

Monthly Adjust / Water Budget
The MC-E water budget feature maximizes water conservation by allowing you to micro-adjust watering on a
monthly basis. By adjusting your irrigation during dry seasons, wet seasons, etc., you can be sure that your landscape
areas are receiving the optimum irrigation while conserving water resource.
Adjust the Monthly Water Budget
Step 1 – Place the Function Dial to the MONTHLY ADJUST position.
To review all monthly adjustments, simply press the button twice while in the MONTHLY
ADJUST position. Each monthly percent budget will display momentarily.
Step 2 – Use the or buttons to scroll and select the month being adjusted. You can also enter the Month’s
designation number and press the button to select a specific month.
Press the button to clear any “Key Entry Error”.
Example: Select December to adjust. Press .
Step 3 – Use the or buttons to adjust the watering percentage. The or buttons will
increment/decrement the percentage by 10%. Press to save any changes.
In addition, you can adjust the percentage by entering the percentage number using the key pad and pressing
the
button to accept.
Example: Adjust December’s watering to 85%. Press .
You can adjust the monthly watering budget down to 0% (OFF) and up to 200%.
Step 4 – Repeat Steps 2 and 3 to adjust additional monthly water budget.
Step 5 – Return the Function dial to AUTO/RUN
position to exit MONTHLY ADJUST.
CAUTION: Increasing either the program water budget or the monthly water budget percentage may shift station
operations to past midnight. During start time review, an asterisk will be displayed alerting you to the situation. The
controller will complete programs that start before midnight and end after midnight. However, program start times that
have been shifted past midnight (after day change) may be lost. Check your start times and adjust accordingly.