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Irrigation system - no water!

QuestionHope you can give me some ideas. We just bought a house that has an irrigation system installed but the owner was not using it (said he preferred to hand water since it is a small yard). I replac

PVC SCH 40 pipe broke

QuestionDoing some landscaping in the back yard. I (gardener) broke off a 3/4 sch 40 pipe inside of a T. This would be very difficult to cut out because of boarder and being surrounded by other pipes. What I need to

rainbird pop up sprinklers wont stay adjusted

QuestionMy lawn has 10 rainbirds 1800s pop up sprinklers,recently i noticed 2 of them were not porperly adjusted as far as coverage and distance, so i adjusted them with the little screw on the top and all was fine,

Toro Valve Series 252 2

QuestionWhat would cause the Solenoid to get hot? AnswerThanks for your question. A few things cause the solenoid to over heat. The water could be off, in which there would be no cooling water flowing by. A bad sol

pumping out of canal, need delay timer to pressurize pressure switch?

QuestionHello...we just installed an undergound sprinkler system. We are using a Rainbird Timer. Our source of water is a canal via a 1.5 hp pump which puts out around 50 psis. We want to install a pressure switch t

Selection Hunter or K2

QuestionI am interested in knowing if you have any recommendations on various company sprinkler heads? I am leaning towards K2 seems to be more cost effective. Can you advise? Thanks AnswerI believe that you

Irrigating

QuestionQUESTION: I would like to irrigate a 100m by 100m area using a hand pump and a well can you suggest how i can design the tanks especially how i can ensure that there is enough pressure to use sprinklers. AN

Hydrallic Controller Replacement

QuestionI have an ancient Toro Freestyle 8 hydrallic irrigation controller. Is there anyway to adapt the 1/4 inch tubes to a replacement electronic controller? Thanks AnswerGreg, My first hydraulic question

System can activate in off position?

QuestionI have a Raidbird LX+ series which I believe has been working fine for several years, however, this past week we had a fair amount of rain and more forecasted, so I manually switched the controller to the of

Out Sprinkler wont turn!

QuestionHi Matt, our sprinkler is a rainbird 3500, and it stops turning the 3rd time. We are pretty sure it isnt caught on something, or stuck, so could you please help us find out the problem? Thanks a lot. Answer

Rain Bird E Class controller

QuestionMy sprinkler system worked fine for 6 years and this summer I noticed the ground cracking really bad in two parts of the yard. Well, I did a little investigation and now found out the entire sprinkler system

Lawn Genie ticking solenoid

QuestionI have lawn genie irrigation system that came with my home, I estimate it is about 5 years old. Recently my system has started making a loud electrical or water pressure noise near the solenoids.  

Have a valve which is working but Im not getting any water to plants

QuestionI got new landscapers and they were fiddling with my irrigation system valves trying to turn my sprinklers on manually - and after they left I found that my plants in station 3 werent being watered, ju

Richdel timer replacment

QuestionMy timer is about 18 years old and suddenly is acting independant. Some zones come on others stay on. I want to replace the timer box. Can you suggest a replacment make and model. &nb

Sprinkler system BANG!

QuestionMy sprinkler system works pretty well, however, after it runs its cycle and shuts off there is a very loud BANG in the pipes both outside by the automatic valve and in the basement in the overhead pipes. &nb

General PSI/GPM questions

QuestionIm currently designing an irrigation system for my home and have a question about the interaction between PSI and GPM. If I buy a single head that is rated at 40 GPM / 2.0 GPM and add another head with the

Flotec Irrigation Pump

QuestionI have a Flotec pump I have used for years for my sprinkler system, tapped into a secondary water line provided by the city. Recently I turned on the sprinkler system and pump, pump came on for a split secon

electric wiring

Questionthe electric wire connected to a one and a half hp pump has three independent wire connection namely color coded white black and the ground wire. facing the back part of the motor i have connecte

expected water pressure for irrigation

QuestionMatt, Im looking to install a well for irrigation. My yard is L shaped and is approximately 22,000 sf. with 1 PVC coming off the well, how many gpm should i expect at 30psi 40 psi and 50 psi. The reaso

Richdel 530 sprinkler heads

QuestionQUESTION: We have recently purchased our home with an older sprinkler system installed. The controller works great but we are having difficulty trying to adjust the span that the head actually waters.

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