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Sprinkler question
I just moved into a house with a sprinkler system. This will be the
first time I've owned a sprinkler system. The controller in the basement says it is a Toro GreenKeeper. Here's the question. When I manually turn on the sprinklers with it set to zone A, about half of the stations pop up. When I have it set to zone B or C and manually turn it on, nothing happens. How do I set it so all the stations pop up on zone A? Another issue is that I'm not even sure how many stations I have. I thought I had found them all, but just today I found another one. Who knows, there could me more. Jason |
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Spr0ket wrote: I just moved into a house with a sprinkler system. This will be the first time I've owned a sprinkler system. The controller in the basement says it is a Toro GreenKeeper. Here's the question. When I manually turn on the sprinklers with it set to zone A, about half of the stations pop up. When I have it set to zone B or C and manually turn it on, nothing happens. How do I set it so all the stations pop up on zone A? You don't want to do that. Another issue is that I'm not even sure how many stations I have. I thought I had found them all, but just today I found another one. Who knows, there could me more. Jason |
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Generally a sprinkler system is designed to operate 4-6 sprinkler heads
at a time. This number is dependent on the type of heads and the water pressure available. If you were to turn on all of the zones at one time, the system will not distribute the water properly due to low water pressure. If you do not have the manual or cannot figure out the number of zones or the number of heads, I would contact a sprinkler contractor. I am sure that they would stop out without charging you to give you a run through.... it could be future business for them if you should need service down the line. |
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On 06/27/05 11:41 am oldal4865 tossed the following ingredients into the
ever-growing pot of cybersoup: Generally a sprinkler system is designed to operate 4-6 sprinkler heads at a time. This number is dependent on the type of heads and the water pressure available. If you were to turn on all of the zones at one time, the system will not distribute the water properly due to low water pressure. My manual warns that the electric current needed to keep "all" of the valves open would overload and burn out the transformer in the control box. But one valve can control a zone with many heads. Each head doesn't have to have its own valve. Perce |
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On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 11:58:16 -0400, someone wrote:
But one valve can control a zone with many heads. Each head doesn't have to have its own valve. Some of the heads may just be stuck? As for his 2nd "issue", I dunno how anybody on usenet is gonna be able to tell him how many heads there are, where they are, and where are the ones he doesn't know about.... Reply to NG only - this e.mail address goes to a kill file. |
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"If you do not have the manual or cannot figure out the number of zones
or the number of heads, I would contact a sprinkler contractor. I am sure that they would stop out without charging you to give you a run through.... it could be future business for them if you should need service down the line. " LOL, a sprinkler company is gonna show up to someone that calls out of the blue and figure out how many zones an unknown system has, where they are, which ones work, which ones dont't and give lessons for free? |
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Spr0ket wrote: I just moved into a house with a sprinkler system. This will be the first time I've owned a sprinkler system. The controller in the basement says it is a Toro GreenKeeper. Here's the question. When I manually turn on the sprinklers with it set to zone A, about half of the stations pop up. When I have it set to zone B or C and manually turn it on, nothing happens. How do I set it so all the stations pop up on zone A? Look at the controller, at the connections to various wires. There should be one pair coming from the power source (usually a wall wart on steriods) and one wire to each zone plus a common connection which is the return wire for all zones. See if you can locate the zone A, B & C connections. If there are wires on A & B and none on C, then C is unused. Check the wire on B and the return wire from the B valve(s) to the common. One or both may be off. If there are wires on all 3, there may be a return that is common to B & C which may be loose. Try the Toro web site. http://www.toro.com/iphrase/iphrase....eeper&render=1 would be a good place to start. -- Rich Greenberg Marietta, GA, USA richgr atsign panix.com + 1 770 321 6507 Eastern time. N6LRT I speak for myself & my dogs only. VM'er since CP-67 Canines:Val, Red & Shasta (RIP),Red, husky Owner:Chinook-L Atlanta Siberian Husky Rescue. www.panix.com/~richgr/ Asst Owner:Sibernet-L |
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