Question
We recently had a power surge in our garage and our sprinkler controller box at first had a flashing fuse sign and also the battery symbol was flashing. I reset the entire box and it works once it gets charged up. Then the next day when I come to the box it is reset to the PM flashing start up mode and also the low battery symbol flashes which wont let me turn the system on. This happens everyday now ant not sure if the power surge fried the Kwikdial irritrol box which is suppose to have a surge protector in it for lighting strikes and power surges.

Thanks

Answer
Greg,

Was the outlet a GFI outlet? I assume you replaced the fuse and put a new battery in the device.
If so then I am sorry to say but it sounds like your timer did get fried by a power surge. You may want to take it to a local Irritrol distributor and have them test it but you are most likely going to have to replace it. It would not hurt to put a surge protection device on a controller especially if you live in a area that experiences a lot of storms and or power outages.


Bob D