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Rain Bird RC-1260 - Not Advancing to Next Zone - Has to be manually moved from one zone to the next
My Rain Bird RC-1260 all of a sudden stopped advancing through each zone. I turned it on last night, went outside this morning and the first zone had been going all night. When I manually advance it the zone will get watered but it just stays in that zone until I manually advance to the next.
What part would I need to fix it and where would I buy it from?
Thank you.
Does the controller still keep the correct time of day?
It does not keep the correct time of day - it stopped at the time it was set to water - 10:30 p.m.
an RC controller that won't keep the time of day needs a new motor
Timing motor for Rainbird RC1260i
Anybody know where I can a timing motor for an RC1260i
An irrigation supply house such as, Hydroscape, Ewing or John Deere Irrigation should have one. Or they'll ship one in from another store.
One of those would cost you over a hundred dollars, if you could find one. Rainbird doesn't even include those controllers in their parts breakouts any more.
Why did you tell the guy he needs a new motor if they're not available.
The guy says he needs a new motor, and you can still find it in a current price list, so maybe he lucks out, but for a hundred and change, it looks like a new controller is the way to go.