2 well with deep water table

QuestionI am planning on putting an 2 irrigation well in, but the 2 companies I have called are worried the water table is too deep. I live in new Mexico and am only 5-7 above the Rio Grande flood plain. No one arou

hardie timer-18 station-

Questionjim,please help me and explain what to do when my timer says short on 15 ? my entire system is down. Im not to electrical minded. thank you ----steve AnswerDear Steve, I hope this helps. Normally whe

Irrigation not functioning

QuestionI have a rainbird irrigation system which is not turning on. I can manually turn them on from the actual value, in the ground. I troubleshot with rainbird and they claimed my timer was defective,

Instruction Manual for my Irrigation system

QuestionI recently purchased a new model home that has been approximately 2 years. It is in Laveen AZ. There is irrigation installed for the yard, however I cannot find an instruction manual in any of th

Hunter EC Residential Irrigation Controller

Questiongetting NO AC reading. Checked AC power with multimeter. Power is getting to the unit, yet still getting the error reading. Hit reset, nothing. We recently had a thunderstorm. Perhaps a power surge damaged t

Drip sprinkler system

QuestionOne of the valves in my drip sprinkler system serves two separate areas of my yard. Recently the water pressure in one area has dropped dramatically while the other area (same valve/zone) remains good.

RainBird ESP-6TM stopped working

QuestionWent to run a manual cycle on my RainBird ESP-6TM and nothing happened. Controller is working, as it is showing the zone and the flashing time remaining as it runs down, but heads are not coming up. Typicall

deep key to turn on water sprinkler system

QuestionI cannot get the long key in the right location to turn on my sprinkler system. Are these standard and can you help me figure out where the valve is located in the pipe so that I can access it to turn

Turning Sprinklers on after winter

QuestionI bought my first home last year and had the sprinklers properly winterized. Now that we are safely into spring, I attempted to turn on the sprinkler system again. I turned the 2 valves on my backflow valve

Low water pressure when sprinklers turn on

QuestionI have installed a Blue Points 4ft, 1-1/2 well head into a 6 ft water well to provide water for my 6 station sprinkler system. I purchased a 3/4 horse Water Ace Jet pump. Alone the system is producing 15gpm.

sprinkler controller problem

Questionmy controlled box LED display is off, checked the outlet where its plugged is operational. what do you think is wrong? could it possibly the control box or just the transformer AnswerHey Ofelia, I hop

Toro Sprinkler System

QuestionJim, When turning on my water my 4th zone automatically comes on. (regardless if I have my system turned to run or not) I have thought that maybe going through my valves manually might work but is the

shuddering sounds when sprinkler system is working

QuestionMy sprinkler system makes a intermittent shuddering sound when it operates (not just when it turns off or on). I can hear it in the house and in the yard where the pipes are underground. When thi

Hunter ICC Irrigation Controller

QuestionWhen the controller is plugged in and set to RUN, the display reads NO AC. I have checked the voltage where the transformer wires connect to the internal module. (Green wire to GND and 2 Yellow wires e

All sprinkler zones turn on at same time

QuestionI have a seven zone Rainbird sprinkler system I just turned on for the season. I turned it on to test and all the zones turn on at the same time. The only way to turn them off now is to shut the

Automating a manual irrigation system

QuestionI have an irrigation system that requires manual activation and because of traveling I need to automated it. The water source is a 6 irrigation water pipe (ditch) supplied from snow melt. Depending on

Soaker Hose

QuestionWe have a spring fed pond that we use for watering. This year we installed a soaker/drip irrigation system for the garden. After about a week we started having issues with the soaker hoses no lon

Start Times Unable To Program

QuestionI have a Nelson 6 station controller which has been working fine till this spring,for some reason it lost its program memory(I do replace the back up batteries every spring).When I go to reprogram it I get a

Green thumb by Orbit 1 session automatic water timer

QuestionI have installed the timer, and turned the Duration knob to ON, per directions, to operate it manually. We have plenty of water pressure, but the water will not go through the timer. We checked the lin

Sprinkler system runs multiple times

QuestionI have a problem that has me baffled. Last season I was informed by a neighbor that my sprinklers were running multiple times in a row. I thought the problem was with my Toro timer so I replaced