Quoted from "Mitchgo" You could have messed up the common wire while replacing those valves That's an old watts 709 back flow assembly The gate valves could have broken or you didn't turn them on all the way? turn them both down until it's taught- then all the way back up- lefty loosey righty tighty- should be at least 5 or 6 revolutions both ways. You can open up the test ports ( Try all 4) to ensure you have water flowing through the device if you have a small stubby screw driver and a strong...
Quoted from "Wet_Boots" Sight unseen, i would recommend Irritrol 2500F valves, Physically strong, and eternally repairable. Ewing guy had Irritrol 2400, but steered me to Hunter PGV....said more likely to have replacement parts for that brand. I liked that so I purchased. Installation was quite a challenge... I've not much experience and had to cut it out. The new part was NOT threaded, so glued 1"pvc to each end and then "joins" to each. I cut just enough distance out of the pipes in the groun...
Does the replacement have to be TORO? Do you have a recommendation/ pros / cons of options? Thanks soo much, I was probably going to waste some time and money just there! Pedro
My front yard has 3 zones (well actually more than that, but these are sequential on the controller in the garage (zone1, zone2 , zone3), and these are the main watering ones for the lawn. This morning (on water restriction so it was my chance!) zone1 didn't turn on, i went out and played with the heads, no water at all. Switch to Z2, no water...switch Z3, no water. Now Z4 is in backyard and it came up fine (well, one of the Toro popup heads was stuck UP, so I just pushed it down with my foot. A...
