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2. Sprinkler system timer - Wikipedia

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   A sprinkler system timer is an electrical device that is used to set an irrigation sprinkler system to come on automatically at a certain time. Irrigation timers first appeared in the early 1960s to control large-radius lawn sprinklers, which at the time usually contained their own electrically operated valve (most golf-course sprinklers still use this type of actuation).

3. Rain Bird - Wikipedia

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   Rain Bird had its origins in 1933 when Glendora, California, citrus grower Orton Englehart developed the first prototype of the horizontal action impact sprinkler.This new design offered slow rotation and more efficient watering than other sprinklers of that era, features that were long sought after by local irrigators.

4. Irrigation controller - Wikipedia

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   The controller opens the tube connected to the valve, allowing that valve to open. Most newer systems employ electromechanical or electronic controllers. In this scenario, the controller is connected to an electrical circuit that operates a solenoid attached to each valve (solenoid valve). When the solenoid is actuated, the water above the ...

5. Debt ceiling deal: What's in it and why some lawmakers are ...

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   Members of both parties have reservations with the deal reached over the weekend, with the right-wing Freedom Caucus hoping to scuttle the bill in the House.

6. Animal lover beaten to death on Christmas Eve while trying to ...

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   A 60-year-old animal lover was beaten to death with a pipe on Christmas Eve while trying to save a dog that was being abused by a neighbor, witnesses said. Robert “Bobby” Cavanaugh, of Madison ...

7. Impact sprinkler - Wikipedia

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   Impact sprinkler head. An impact sprinkler (sometimes called an impulse sprinkler) is a type of irrigation sprinkler in which the sprinkler head, driven in a circular motion by the force of the outgoing water, pivots on a bearing on top of its threaded attachment nut.