MacDaddy90
New Member
My problem is a zone that will not turn on via controller, but will turn on manually.
For some background, I have an older home that came with numerous irrigation issues (controller was dead, valve diaphragms damaged, broken heads). Replaced controller, two backyard valves, and two front heads. Everything works fine now except this one zone.
Here are the details:
For some background, I have an older home that came with numerous irrigation issues (controller was dead, valve diaphragms damaged, broken heads). Replaced controller, two backyard valves, and two front heads. Everything works fine now except this one zone.
Here are the details:
- Installed brand new Rain Bird Anti-Siphon Irrigation Valve with Flow Control. Installed same valve right next to it for adjacent backyard zone.
- Opening bleed will start zone fine.
- Opening solenoid manually will start zone fine, but it takes quite a few turns and the base of the solenoid is leaking at that point.
- Flow Control setting makes no difference.
- The backyard valves are close enough to let me swap the solenoids (leaving wired as-is). Swapping the solenoids shows the solenoid is not the problem (the other zone continues to work and the problem zone continues to not run).
- Removing the bonnet did not reveal anything amiss.