SPRINKLER TALK FORUM - You Got Questions, We've Got Answers

Hello,

I have a Toro Freetime moist o matic system, seems to be pretty old, and was in my house when I moved in. The heads seem to work well, though one zone is always on when the water to the system is on.

There are 4 zones total, but there are 5 little black hoses running into the controller box. Outside, there are 5 hoses, 4 of which run into the ground, but the 5th is cut and water runs out of it when the system is running.

I'm assuming, then, that this hose should run to the valve for the zone that is always running (I believe my controller is a normally-open on, it has a 00 in the model number).

Now I don't know much about sprinkler systems, but I'm guessing this is how it works with the older hydraulic systems: the main water line runs to a bank of valves, each valve controlling a water line running to a bank of sprinkler heads. If a sprinkler head has water pressure, then it runs. The main water line also pushes water into a small black hose, which runs into the controller and splits off to the 4 sliding switches. If a sliding switch is opened, water flows from that switch into a little hose that runs to its control valve, opening a valve and running water to the sprinkler heads.

Is this a correct description of how the system works? If so, does it sound like my issue is probably just that I need to find the other side of the hose, which was cut, and somehow get the ends back together? And how should I go about sticking them back together? I would guess some kind of fitting where I push the hose pieces back on, and that's that. But does that cause an issue with creating enough water pressure to control the valve, by reducing the area of the tube?

Thanks for any help or suggestions,

Jon