Hardie - 11yr

QuestionI have a system with 3 zones. About 2yr ago, the 1st zone started to have problems. It work for a few days then stop for a couple of days. This occured for 1 season. Last year, it sto

fuse

Questiontoday during a thunderstorm my irrigation system panel in my garage blew up. The sprinkler was not on when I left in fact the system was shut off. When I returned the 1st zone was on..I could not figur

Rainbird 100dv controller valve

QuestionOur Rainbird sprinkler system has 6 zones, two in the frontyard and 4 in the backyard. Currently we only want to use the backyard sprinklers but the 1st zone in front yard turns on during the last wate

Toro GreenKeeper Controller tripping breaker

QuestionI have 8 zones. Seven of them are working five. Whenever I turns on the second zone, the water starting to shooting out for a couple of seconds. Then the circuit breaker trips. About an hour later I ca

NO WATER, FROM DRILLED WELL

QuestionOUR WELL WAS WORKING JUST FINE. THE WELL WAS DRILLED ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO. EARLIER IN THE DAY I TURNED THE WATER ON TO WATER THE LAWN, ALL WAS FINE. LATER THAT DAY, I TURNED THE WATER ON TO WATER THE TREES...N

hidrotek 4000

Questionthe top cover of my 4 zone hydrotek 4000 is cracked and it leak,i do not have a manual, where can i get a manual and parts. Tank you AnswerHello Fred, The indexing valve you have is manufactured by K Rai

Zone 1 valve stuck open

QuestionThis is the second year in a row where my zone 1 valve is stuck open. When I go to zone two the pressure drops on zone 1 while the other zone kicks in for a couple seconds then zone 1 goes back on. &nb

Sprinklers not coming on automatically

QuestionI have a rainbird controller. It has been working fine for years, but this summer it stopped working.My sprinklers come on if I turn the valvles in the front lawn on, but I cannot get to controller to contro

Water pump not pumping water

QuestionI have a STA-Rite (Model SLE-1), Last week after watering the grass I turned it off, and the next morning there was a puddle of water under the pump. Now the motor runs constantly with out stopping but

jet pump will not run longer than 30 min.

QuestionQUESTION: I have a 1.5 hp beta flow pump drawing from my lake. The lake has a very gradual slope and I have a 2 suction line that is probably 100 long, but depth from intake to pump only about 6.  

Require very low psi

QuestionQUESTION: I have project where I need to find an irrigation valve that will work with less than 5 psi. We a are taking stagnant water from a site 3,400 ft away and directing it to a 12ft tank. We will use th

sprinklers vaules

Questionhow to find sprinklers vaules. I have 7 zones, but i found 3 values. one of my zone just stay on all the time. so i think one of value must be bad. so how do find that value. AnswerIt just takes a lot of in

Irrigation pump system

QuestionI have irrigation water from May 1 until October 30th. I want to hook up the 2 inch access to a pump then filter, then distribute the irrigation out to a system that has sprinklers and a couple of fauc

Well pumping sand, then clear

QuestionI am trying to work with a well so that I may use it for my sprinkler system. My pump is 3/4 HP. Well is 102 deep, with pump backed off 5. Well company tested and said they hit sand at 85.  

Richdel battery operated timer

QuestionI have a Richdel battery operated timer for my sprinkling system. It requires a 9-volt battery to run. I noticed a few days ago that the clock on the timer wasnt working, and so I attempted to re

overheating well pump

Question4 yr old pump, bladder tank, app 125ft, serves as whole house. overheated last week, blew pvc fitting. (top of pump to pipe of bladder tank. replaced fitting, checked all others for leaks. ran fine for day a

Number of sprinkler heads

QuestionWater Pressure ~65 1 inch water line to Sprinkler valve w/ 1 inch valve Water flow ~10gpm I want to use Hunter I-40 sprinkler head w/1 inch inlet. What is the formula to figure out how many heads I can put o

1 zone takes a while to actually stop after manually turning it off

QuestionWhen I turn on my system manually everything works fine except for one zone. From the time I turn it off and the time it takes to actually stop watering is about 15-20 seconds. All the other zones turn off r

Rain Bird Impulse stuck

QuestionI just installed a Rainbird Impulse (not incased) on a riser, to over shoot near by shrubs..Problem...The sprinkler wont move..Im beginning to suspect that the water pressure is too high..Ive tried mor

Hardie RD-1200 Controller, wont respond

QuestionMy controller seems to have stopped responding, i.e., it shows that it is programed however none of the stations are coming on. I tried the manual button, but nothing happens. It is a 12 station