Thanks for the reply. Its a rainbird solenoid valve. When the controller is set to off I can hear the water running thru the piping at the supply and when i go to the irrigation box , one of the five valves is humming and water is coming out of that zone. When I disconnect the wire to the valve at thee box it shuts the zone off. I'm assuming the valve is shot. But why would the valve stay energized when the controller is set to be off. When I unplug the controller the zone valve shuts down and t...
I have rainbirs sprinklers and dont really know what the zone valves are. the controller is a toro. This problem happened after a heavy downpour that lasted an hour. When I disconnect the wiring to the valve at the irrigation box the valve deactivates. Is the solenoid damaged?
