MANUAL WATERING
If you wish to turn the water on manually, either to water or use the hose for
another purpose, there is no need to remove the timer from the faucet. Just
follow these steps.
1. Press the TIMER ON/OFF key. The unit will beep twice and go into manual
mode. If the valve is open, it will close and the program currently running
will be temporarily disabled.
2. To turn the water on, simply press the VALVE OPEN/CLOSE key. Pressing
the key a second time will turn off the water.
To return to auto mode, press the TIMER ON/OFF key. The disabled program
will resume but the valve will not open again until the next scheduled start time.
The Melnor Aqua Timer
valve from being left open, either accidentally or intentionally. If the timer is placed in
manual mode and the valve is opened, it will close automatically after 30 minutes.
If you would like to alter this time limit, please use the follow procedure.
1. In either AUTO or MANUAL mode, while holding the TIMER ON/OFF key,
hold the SETUP key for two seconds. The words SETUP MANUAL will
appear and a time value will begin flashing.
2. Using the LEFT
press ACCEPT
You can adjust the value to as little as 0 (0:00) and as much as three hours and
59 minutes (3:59). If you set this value to 0, manual valve operation will be dis-
abled. This is useful as protection from misuse.
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Model 3060 has a built in safety feature to prevent the
and RIGHT CURSOR
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keys, adjust this value and then
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