Champion Manufacturing WC-15INO - Manual (Page 5)

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Setting the Current Calendar Time, Month, Day, & Year
Start programming your controller by setting the CALENDAR TIME (current time A.M. or P.M., MONTH
[01 = Jan., 02 = Feb., and so on], DAY [day of the month], and YEAR [98=1998, 00=2000, and so on]).
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Turn the rotary dial counterclockwise (left) to the TIME position. The display will read ’12:00 A.M.’ (for
initial setting only). Set the current time by pushing the
σ or τ
button until the correct A.M. or P.M. time is
shown in the LCD display.
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Turn the dial to MONTH and set the current month. For example, ‘01’ is January, ‘02’ is
February, and ‘12’ is December.
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Turn the dial to DAY and set the current day of the month, one (1) through thirty-one (31).
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Turn the dial to YEAR and set the current year, starting at ‘98’ for 1998. ‘00’ is the year 2000 and so on.
The calendar is accurate for the life of the controller (including leap years and the turn of the century). With
the internal lithium battery, all programs and current time will be retained for up to seven (7) years or longer
even with occasional power interruptions. When the calendar is set, the current day of the week will have a
bracket around it. [W] for example.
Factory Set/Default Program
Your “Water Champ” Controller is shipped from the factory with a permanent program for easy programming
and as a backup default program. Every zone has ten (10) minutes run time and is assigned to Program A,
scheduled to water every day at 5:00 A.M. You can program what you want over this factory set program,
but in the event that the AC power is off and the backup lithium battery (7 to 9 year life) is no longer
functioning
Setting a Watering Schedule
Your “Water Champ” controller has programs A, B, and C, which allows you to set three independent
programs. Each program can have its’ own set of start times, run times, and watering days. The dial selects
the different program information by setting the PROGRAM switch to the desired program to be set or
altered. Use these programs to satisfy the different watering needs of your landscape. Determine what you
would like to do with Program A. If it is to water your lawns for example, decide the number of start times
needed (generally one or two), and the duration of watering (generally fifteen minutes or less per zone unless
rotors or impacts are used). The total length of watering time will be equal to the sum of the watering times
for all the operating zones. Watering should be done very early in the morning to assure adequate water
pressure, less wind dispersal, diminished chance of leaf burn, and reduced evaporation. Watering at night can
promote fungus growth.