I was finally able to fix it!! The bleed screws on zone 1 & 2 valves were not tightened after the winter blowout. I tightened them and everything started working fine. Thanks!
I will check again to make sure the handle has been turned all the way. It is just rain water in the box. It has been raining for the past couple of days here. I checked the manual for DV series valve and it says bleed screws could also be used to turn a valve ON or OFF manually. Should I give it a try?? Here is the manual (See Page 6): http://www.rainbird.com/documents/turf/man_DV_DVF.pdf Quoted from "mrfixit" Just move the handle. They pull right off. Or use a pair of channel locks to tighten ...
Last year I had a contractor install a new sprinkler system for my lawn. Before winter it was professionally shutoff. Now in spring I am trying to turn it back ON by myself. I have been successful in turning the PVB ON with this forum's help. As soon as water started flowing to the control valves.....two zones started spraying right away simultaneously. The main controller is not even ON. I then tried turning ON the controller to control these zones but they continue to spray no matter what. I a...
This is a very old thread...but it helped me startup the 765 PVB in my sprinkler system I did not know the correct sequence and thought the Bonnet\Poppet setup was broken. After reading mrwettech's post I was able to startup the sprinkler without any issues. Thanks mrwettech!!
