With the arrival of winter, the watering of the garden and of the plants on the terrace, take a break until the spring. Here are some tips to Claber - Italian company of reference in the world of irrigation - to put to rest the plant, to protect it from possible frosts in winter and find it in perfect efficiency, at the beginning of the next season.
Irrigation system basement
- Close the gate valve upstream of the solenoid valves.
- Enabled the start of a few minutes for each solenoid valve, in order to eliminate the water remained inside.
- If the solenoid valves are in a cockpit, to protect them from the frost by covering them with rock wool insulation.
- Remove the batteries from any power units, solenoid valves, programmable control modules, and Hydro4 in order to avoid that the contacts can oxidize, and store the groups command in a sheltered place, and dry.
- Wash the residue retained by any filter of programmers and the sprinklers.
- In case there is a centrifugal pump of the surface dedicated to the plant, svuotatela by removing the cap. For the submersible pumps do not need of special precautions, to part turn off the switch!
Drip irrigation system and drip
- Close the tap to which is connected the system.
- Select a manual opening few minutes for the controller to the battery, so as to eliminate the water remained inside.
- Remove the cap on the end of the line or open the valve in the fitting place at the end of the line, so to take out all the water from the pipes.
- Disconnect the controller, remove the battery to avoid that the contacts can oxidize, and store it in a sheltered place, dry place with a temperature of not lower than 3° C.
- Remove the battery from the controller to the battery, to avoid that the contacts can oxidize.