Today, we began the task of shutting down the irrigation system. We winterized all essential pieces and parts of the system. We will still be able to use the system for a few more weeks until we get consistently low night time temperatures. At that point, we will drain the water out of the entire system.
This is a picture of the control panel for the irrigation system. In the analogy of the irrigation system being the life blood of the golf course, the pumps in the quarry are the heart of the system and the control panel is the brain. This panel controls which pumps run or if both need to run based on demand of water and the amount of hours each pump has run. It also limits damage by shutting down the system if there is a leak in the field or a low pressure situation. This control panel has many functions and a lot of expensive pieces and parts that have to be winterized every year. We can run the system manually without it for a few weeks until we get into deep freeze situations.
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If you have not noticed, there is a new Twitter Update section on the right side of the blog. This will give you the twitter feeds that I send out concerning frost delays, cart path rulings, pin placements etc. It makes the blog a little more dynamic in the fact that I can easily post quick bits of information. It will be of great help through the colder months with frost delays. I hope this helps. Have a great Veteran's day and weekend.
