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Protect Your Home and Family in the Event of a Gas or Water Leak

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Emergency Gas and Water Line Shut-Off Tool

In the event that an accident, emergency or natural disaster takes place and leaves your home with a water or gas leak, you may not have enough time to wait for the utility company to come out and save your home. Protecting your home and family from possible damages requires a special tool. The Emergency Gas and Water Line Shut-Off Tool, is part of the Watermaster® line of products made by Orbit®. It is a heavy-duty, professional-grade tool designed to open standard and Texas meter covers and will shut off the main valves for your water and gas lines. The tool has a strong metal build and a comfort grip made of rubber, designed for reliable use when you need it most.

  • Flexible watering schedule with two independent programs available
  • Six cycle start timers per program
  • Back-lit Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) screen
  • Interactive text in five different languages
  • PC Programmable
  • Remote control with docking port
  • Price: $159.99

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Use a Touch Screen or PC to Program and Monitor Water Usage of your Irrigation System

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Touch Screen Sprinkler Timer

Programming your lawn and garden irrigation cycle is an excellent way to preserve resources, conserve water when restrictions have been imposed in your area, and to maintain the look of your lawn and garden while you are away from home. The Touch Screen Sprinkler Timer is a Signature Control timer by Orbit® that is specifically designed to do all of these things by automating up to six stations of your watering system. It offers dual programming letting you set a schedule to water the plants every day and the lawn every other day if you prefer. It has a large back-lit LCD touch screen display that operates day or night in English, Spanish, French, German or Italian. If you find it easier to program and monitor your timer from a computer, you can connect them via USB cable, for a convenient PC programming interface.

  • Convenient, easy to read touch screen LCD display
  • Flexible watering schedule with two independent programs available
  • Program up to six stations
  • Interactive text in five different languages
  • PC Programmable
  • Price: $99.99

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Sensor Automatically Turns Off Sprinkler Timer When it Rains or in Freezing Weather

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Solar Powered Wireless Rain/Freeze Sensor

Programming your lawn and garden irrigation cycle is an excellent way to preserve resources, conserve water when restrictions have been imposed in your area, and to maintain the look of your lawn and garden while you are away from home. The Solar Powered Wireless Rain/Freeze Sensor by Orbit® Irrigation Products takes this a step further by wirelessly communicating weather conditions to your Sprinkler Timer with Wireless Remote. Its primary function is to keep your irrigation system from starting or continuing after rainfall, conserving water. The unit has adjustable settings to let you determine the appropriate amount of rainfall needed for the timer to shut down. Secondarily, it can notify your sprinkler timer to shut down when freezing weather takes place. This will prevent standing water from turning into ice and posing a hazard on your driveway, sidewalk or patio. There is a manual override button that can be used if you wish to run your irrigation system even when the sensor has been activated. Additionally, the Wireless Rain/Freeze Sensor has a solar cell attachment that supplies power to the rechargeable battery. Saving water when the sensor is activated and using the sun for energy makes this a true eco-friendly product.

  • Prevents sprinkler timer from watering after rain or when temperatures drop below 37° F
  • Communicates via radio frequency (RF) up to 200 feet, eliminating wires
  • Powered by a solar cell and a rechargeable battery
  • Price: $59.99

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Observe an Ant Farm in Action as Ants Build Tunnels in an Illuminated Edible Gel

May 30, 2008 Leave a comment

Antworks TVQuarium

Do you have a budding nature lover in your home? Help your kids learn about science and society with the AntWorks® TVQuarium™, a self-contained environment for an amazing species of insect. Far more advanced than an ordinary ant farm, the AntWorks TVQuarium houses ants in a space-age gel that was originally formulated by NASA to test how ants successfully tunnel in a zero-gravity environment. It has a modern look with a slightly contoured black frame and blue LED lights illuminating the gel. Getting started is as easy as poking a few holes in the gel and adding ants, both of which can be done with the included tool. The AntWorks gel is complete with nutrients to promote healthy growth in the new colony. As your ant architects create a network of 3-D tunnels, you can enjoy observing them up close with a magnifying class or extreme zoom lens, both included.

  • Stylish black frame
  • Blue LED illuminates ant farm at night
  • Ant farm houses ants in an edible gel
  • Watch as ants tunnel through their habitat to create an ideal environment
  • Price: $33.99

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