Greetings,
I have a valve at the top of a riser that drives 5 impact sprinklers. I have been renting this place for 5 years and last year noticed that when the system called the solenoid on this particular line, it would operate fully only 1 in 2-3 times. SO I replaced the valve. It really hasn't helped and if anything, this years is fully starting 1 in 5-6 times. I get the same result manually operating the valve. WHat I mean is that it's like my daughter is taking a shower and there isn't enough flow for the sprinklers to do more than pop partly up and drible. If I restart a few times, at some point it will run ok. Could this be debris in a line? Is it possible that I replaced a perfectly good valve with another? Or perhaps I just got a lemon. The valve sits at top of several right angles but the first couple of years it worked fine. I'm baffled. So here I am. WHat do ya'll think?