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A tone probe, Multimeter is very much needed to fix this.. Extra items to help out is a remote and station master.
I use drip Netafim on hedge lines , small shrub bed applications, decks and pots. I would for small grass zones but I'm not the business owner of the company. I service many many drip applications though I know drip is a huge water conservation but it does have it's place. The larger the area the less chance I will use it. It has much higher maintence, and sometimes in the long run you are paying more to take care of it then saving money with less water.
Quoted from "GatorGuy" This includes drift onto your neighbor's property. I was told my an old co-worker that he knew a woman who purchased a house and inside the garage was a full unused 5 gallon bucket of some sort of weed killer... Well she didn't dilute this - it killed her entire lawn/shrubs and 50% of everything on nieghbors both sides of her house
Quoted from "Ash" Also, to anyone laying a sprinkler system. Don't run them ontop of one another! It's a pain if you ever have to maintenance it. You might never need to use it, but PVC isn't exactly very expensive for a nice backup plan in the future. Agreed.. When trenching, professionals should keep the pipe spacing within a trench of 1" and have no more then 3 pipes in a trench... As a repair aspect Backup plans only last for so long as the person who installed it will tend to forget what h...
What he said. Turn the 2nd handle off and then quickly turn the 1st handle on and see if it leaks continously.
In my area- They are required. And the fact that pools use chemicals a Reduced Pressure Back Flow Assembly is required because this is the highest form of protection
replace the whole valve. Take the valve out and flush the line for 5-10 minutes
Plugging in the controller without the valves hooked up will do nothing to hurt it. Hunter SRC's in my opinion and experience have a high volume of display issues . Use your multimeter to make sure the plug has power and the gfi wasn't just flipped. Then use the multimeter and test at the two 24V posts. If you have power but no display then your display board has gone out. I highly doubt you will be able to fix that and it really isn't worth someone's time.... If you don't have power then your t...
Again apples to apples and oranges to oranges. However, while a MP has a less Precip rate than rotors. Depending on the situation a couple mp's on a rotor zone doesn't hurt
Boots. Just have to say that was a very well put and helpful post There have been many time where you would just say- Your pump sucks, get a new pump .
what the hell.. 3 out of your 6 valves are dieing and you installed it last year? I guess you get what you pay for Get a filter in your system... Get a flush zone in your system.. Get some dirty valve applications..get a quality controller and sprinkler heads...Stop being a cheapo. ... If you don't have the budget.. Then just wait until enough is saved to get to good items. You come on this site all the time asking for advice but never ever do what we suggest... I installed my system 6 years ago...
That rain bird nozzle is a pretty even DU ( Distribution Uniformity) . It's actually designed to work just fine fully open and shoot 35'. However, that is in conjunction with a properly designed system with overlap ( Head to head coverage) .. If the design is off then yes there will be coverage issues.
Call in a locate http://www.nj1-call.org/index.aspx (800) 272-1000 Yah.. Your lucky it wasn't the gas line.
Meh... I think that's a lame answer. It's all preference.. Unions sure make things easier . Many pro's use them and many don't. I personally don't use unions on a install unless required by the water district. I more use them for repairs.
Make sure the valve solenoids are turned to the right (clockwise) until they are taught ( not super tight)
Prior to this did you have you irrigation system turned on from the winter and already irrigating? Did you do a season start up and walk through of the system yourself? It's possible you already had some of these issues before the plantings. It sounds the more then likely they nicked a line- if it's rubber then it's probably a black poly line . ( which is not rubber) If the nicked line is uphill to the valve box 20 yards away- it's possible the water could follow the pipe back to the valve box ....
Rounding it back out with some channel locks usually does the trick. Depends on how bad the kink is. Repairing it would be the better choice
With the controller unplugged and all zones still running with the water on this is most likely a physical condition and not an electrical condition ( for the moment) Did you ever turn on this system and run it before hand prior to the 6 weeks ago for the initial turn on? Any kind of recent digging and pipe repairs? It's possible there was a large amount of debris in the main line that has now fauled up all the valves . Take a valve apart and inspect for debris inside. Also make sure all your so...
Take a picture and post it up. There are many wires so it's to hard to say what to do with out seeing it. Other then that I suggest a company to come out and do it.
