03
Jul
Using 2 Wire Decoders for Landscape Irrigation
By Tony on 3rd July 2020
Year on year, we are all used to electronics getting cheaper and giving more value. Just take mobile phones as an example. However, these advances haven’t found their way into the control of medium-sized landscape and playing fields irrigation. The current way is to have a controller with many terminals, each with a wire to […]
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03
Jul
How to Drain a Sprinkler Irrigation System for the Winter
By Tony on 3rd July 2020
The main reason for making sure there is no water in the pipes and pumps is to prevent frost damage. A well designed irrigation system will have drain valves around the pipe work at hopefully, the lowest points! To get these to work and the water to come out, air must get in. However it […]
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01
Jul
How to Reduce Golf Course Over-watering Without Spending a Fortune
By Tony on 1st July 2020
Most irrigation controllers are programmed in minutes per station. The person in charge of irrigation is usually very busy with other jobs, so 10 minutes per golf Green is the default. Using this rule, it is very likely that the ground is being over-watered to some extent. Under watering on the other hand shows up […]
Read moreSaving Water, Electricity, Labour and Money
By Tony on 8th April 2020
There are a number of things you can do, each small and inexpensive, which can save you all of the above. Get a straight-sided 1L plastic jug. Fill it with water up to about 1cm from the top. Put it on a bar stool about 1m above the ground in an open area. Measure the […]
Read moreRM-2 Irrigates City-wide Landscapes
By Tony on 8th April 2020
Tonick adapted their innovative RM-2 irrigation controller to this application with the support of local UAE based automation and SCADA specialist, Precast FZCO based it on the T-BOX RTU from Servelec Technologies. Providing remote connectivity and water balance irrigation control, the Tonick RM-2 is a powerful irrigation control system that provides scalable solutions for very […]
Read moreTonick, TWL-Irrigation and Covid-19
By Tony on 7th April 2020
Tonick still open, despite the virus Tonick/TWL-Irrigation is the UK’s largest supplier of commercial hand watering, drainage accessories, Irrigation controllers and decoders. We supply specialist hose nozzles, fertiliser applicators and hand operated water pumps. Our Irrigation controllers, from the mighty Internet-based RM-2, to the tiny deVINCI, along with our expanded range of valve decoders, Decoder-In-A-solenoid […]
Read moreProduct Brochure 2018-2020
By Tony on 21st March 2020
The current Tonick and Underhill brochure is here attached. Pricing for 2020 remains the same as 2019 New products, not includec in the brochure may be found in the news section on this site Underhill_20PgCatalog_2018_EmailVersion
Read moreTonick and TWL-Irrigation
By Tony on 21st March 2020
Over the next few years, you will see increasing references to TWL-Irrigation, when searching for Tonick or Tonick Watering. TWL-Irrigation seamelessly handles all the Tonick and Underhill products in Europe, whilst, elsewhere in the the world, Aquamonix in Australia, sells 2wire products under its Tonick Watering label. TWL-Irrigation & Tonick. Same support; same products; gentle […]
Read moreWe will be exhibiting at BTME 2020. Please come and visit us at our stand 141, in the Blue Zone. We will all be available for sales advice and Tony will also be available for any technical help. Look forward to seeing you there!
Read moreOur stand at BTME 2019. We had a great show, with some very positive sales leads. We hope all our customers did too.
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