Well tried it again. At least I am getting an error message. Fault in zone "M". I went out back to the starter relay and well the wound copper wiring looks to be a little blackened with soot. So it looks like the starter relay was hit too. I will swap it out and see what happens. But this time I will involve my electrician father-in-law.
Simple enough right? Well I replaced an old Irritrol control box that was hit by lightning. It blew the transformer apart and scorched the inside of the box. Unfortunately some of the labeling on the old box was now covered black so I could not read the labels. I pulled the wires and went to hook them in the new SST Rainbird controller. Most of the wires are labeled...zones, rain sensor.... Where I come into a problem is the common wires and the master valve....2 of the wires are white and label...
