Hunter irrigation system ICC controller

QuestionI have a Hunter irrigation system and an ICC controller. When I turn on a zone manually, all of the zones come on. I checked and zone 1 was the only one to have 26 volts. When I switch it to zone 2, I get th

Rainbird Controller Problem

QuestionI have an ESP controller that shows SKIP in the display when I attempt to set run time for Zones 8 through 10. I have changed the expansion module, with the Module for zones 5,6 & 7 and the problem still sta

RC-7Bi controller overshoots selected duration

QuestionRC-7Bi controller installed in 1993. It has been working fine for the past 17 years. Usual station duration has been 20 min. When manually started, the dial would advance counterclockwise and stop slightly b

rainbird irritol rd600

QuestionQUESTION: Hello - I habe been trying to get the sprinklers to only run MWF and when I program it ON for those three days and OFF for the others, it will only run every day. The time it begins is correct, but

toro ECTRA controller

QuestionI have 4 of these controllers, theyve been working great, but now one is flashing fuse but only on one valve which happens to be new, I have the controller set to run valves 3 - 6 on A, and 1 & 2 the lawn on

Hunter EC400

QuestionQUESTION: My display is all garbled. What is showing on the display makes no sense, numbers are wrong, upside down or backwards. I replaced the 9 volt and did the hard reset according to the trou

Richdel 500 pri

QuestionHi, we have a richdel 500pri. When we turn the system on the display shows that it is on, however no sprinklers are activated and no water comes out. If we go to valve box and manually turn the valves they w

Programmer

QuestionQUESTION: I have a Hydro Rain HR 6100, it is some years old but has been working great until this year. When you use the function dial, the dial seems to be disconnected and doesnt feel like its engage

Toro TMC212 runs every day

QuestionHi, My Toro TMC212 is set such that Program A is used as the default, starting at 03h00 and runs daily. Theres no problem there. Program B is basically a copy of A, but with the zone times reduced a

Rain Dial 900 Programming

QuestionI want to set my front and back yards on separate programs. I now have them all set on Program A and all works well. I want to split them to A=front and B=back. I tried setting the backyard valves (run time/

Toro ddc run times

QuestionI have my Toro DDC set to run at 6 am Sunday, Wednesday and Friday, it comes on at these times, but for some reason it also comes on about 1am the day it is scheduled, so for instance, it also comes on at 1a

Irritrol KD6-INT

QuestionHi Jim, I have a 10 year old system. When I turned on my sprinkler in test mode or regular program mode my Zone 4 stays on and doesnt shut down even when I put the controller in the OFF position. It a

Rainbird RC1260bi Slow Cycle

QuestionWe have a Rainbird RC1260bi timer and it can be set to run up to 60 minutes per cycle. We have it set to only run 10 minutes per cycle (2 times per day). It runs for the 10 minutes but takes the full hour to

RC-7Bi

QuestionHello Jim, I acquired a Rain Bird model RC-7Bi with our home a couple of years ago. This seems to be a very good system, but for some reason the system does not change from zone 1 when it is programmed. I tr

system continues to cycle

QuestionQUESTION: I have erased and reset my system several times, and it continues to recycle after it goes through a cycle.I have to manually turn it to rain off, or it would continue to recycle all day. After I l

Rainbird 5000 plus does not pop up

QuestionQUESTION: Dear Mr. Schaefer, I have a problem with my Rainbird 5000 plus sprinklers and hope that you find the time to answer my question. My spinkling system contains of 3 sprinklers (5000 plus) and appro

Hunter Pro C

QuestionMy Hunter Pro C when trying to run in manual mode shows on the controller that it should be running yet no water. Also doing the same in Auto. Water source is on so what could be the problen? Thanks in advan

Hardie 6100 -- setting multiple cycles on same day

QuestionHello -- My old Hardie irrigation controller (model 6100) works fine except for one feature -- I set it up to irrigate on Mondays and Thursdays -- and wanted to have it run through 3 complete cycles on each

Toro Vision II

QuestionI have my Toro Vision II set to run a cycle only one time every other day. Whether it is set for Manual or Auto it will continue to run another full cycle. Any thoughts? Thanks Craig AnswerHey Craig,

Station short repair/workaround?

QuestionI have a Rain Bird ESp-Me and it just stopped watering the main lawn. I noticed it was drying out and checked the system. It now shows a solid LED light with an error message stating STATION 1 WI