Hubitat C7 app Basic Rules better to wait or elapsed time

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Hello:

I am making some Basic Rules to handle some MHCozy relays to control irrigation on some new grass.

I want to run a few sprinkles 4 times a day for 10 minutes each time.

I can make a Basic Rule app that turns on a device at a specific time then I can either...
a) click "Add another action" and select wait", or
b) click "Add Wait Until" and pick "Elapsed time."

Here are the 2 different methods I am using...

When Time of Day is 07:00 ...
Turn on Cozy Relay #3 (Front #1)
Wait 10 minutes
Turn off Cozy Relay #3 (Front #1)
Wait 240 minutes
Turn on Cozy Relay #3 (Front #1)
Wait 10 minutes
Turn off Cozy Relay #3 (Front #1)
Wait 240 minutes
Turn on Cozy Relay #3 (Front #1)
Wait 10 minutes
Turn off Cozy Relay #3 (Front #1)
Wait 240 minutes
Turn on Cozy Relay #3 (Front #1)
Wait 10 minutes
Turn off Cozy Relay #3 (Front #1)

or...

When Time of Day is 07:10 ...
Turn on Cozy Relay #4 (Front #2)
Wait until elapsed time of 10 minutes has passed, then ...
Turn off Cozy Relay #4 (Front #2)
Wait until elapsed time of 240 minutes has passed, then ...
Turn on Cozy Relay #4 (Front #2)
Wait until elapsed time of 10 minutes has passed, then ...
Turn off Cozy Relay #4 (Front #2)
Wait until elapsed time of 240 minutes has passed, then ...
Turn on Cozy Relay #4 (Front #2)
Wait until elapsed time of 10 minutes has passed, then ...
Turn off Cozy Relay #4 (Front #2)
Wait until elapsed time of 240 minutes has passed, then ...
Turn on Cozy Relay #4 (Front #2)
Wait until elapsed time of 10 minutes has passed, then ...
Turn off Cozy Relay #4 (Front #2)

It feels like I will get the same results no matter which way I go, but which one is better?

Is one method more stable then the other?

Does one use more Hubitat resources them the other?

Ideally, I'd like to make a simple rule to turn on the sprinkler, wait 10 minutes, then turn it off, then nest that inside another rule that calls it every 4 hours or so.

Thanks for any advice,

Mark.

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As far as I’m aware, the impact is essentially the same. I wouldn’t worry about it.

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Thanks Sebastien, That was my initial thought.

Just my OCD upset at having 2 ways to do the same thing.

Mark.

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I'm not a Basic Rules user myself, but I wonder if those 2 options are perhaps similar to the differences between a "Delay" vs "Wait for..." in Rule Machine...

Note the info in the blue box here in the Documentation (link should auto-scroll to the correct section). But again, I don't know for certain that these differences apply similarly in Basic Rules.