We just moved in a house which has sprinkle system, we don't know how
to turn on the sprinkle system.

We set the timer from off to certain time,but water didn't come out.

After read the manuel, it appears we need to turn on "main shutoff
valve" which is under ground. I can't find it.

Anyone have suggestions? Or pictures?

Thank you.

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We just moved in a house which has sprinkle system, we don't know how
to turn on the sprinkle system.

Could you not ask either the landlord or the vendor?

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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

wrote:
We just moved in a house which has sprinkle system, we don't know how
to turn on the sprinkle system.

Could be any number of things -

Operator error.

The water valve from the source is turned off (as you have speculated).

The wire(s) from the sprinkler controller to the valve(s) is/are
cut/broken.

Blown fuse.

Inoperable moisture (rain) sensor.

Bad sprinkler valves.

Usually, but not always, the shut off valve is inside the house.
Where the pipe exits the house, there usually is a backflow preventer
right outside, which is a football size gizmo that the water flows
through. If you know where that is, that should tell you where the
water comes from and you can verify if there is water there.

Our *main* "main shutoff valve" is in the basement. To be more precise,
we have two shutoff valves there (one on either side of what I
understand to be called a "vacuum breaker," which perhaps serves the
same purpose as what another poster has called the "backflow
preventer"), plus two "bleeder valves."

The other shutoff valves (one for each zone) are in "valve boxes" with
green covers (I've seen both round and rectangular ones) about level
with the ground in a garden bed beside the garage door. If you have such
things somewhere, it's possible that they have been covered up by dirt
or vegetation.

If you can't find them any other way, it may be time to call a sprinkler
maintenance company, which will no doubt have some gizmo for tracing
sprinkler lines. OTOH, if you have plastic lines that are now dry, they
may not be so easy to trace.

Perce


On 04/30/06 11:22 am wrote:

We just moved in a house which has sprinkle system, we don't know how
to turn on the sprinkle system.

We set the timer from off to certain time,but water didn't come out.

After read the manuel, it appears we need to turn on "main shutoff
valve" which is under ground. I can't find it.

Anyone have suggestions? Or pictures?