Orbit controller will not turn on any valves
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orbit valve flow rate on timer/off timer
Comments (5)itt, I am somewhat confused because once the solenoid coils and moves the pin and cuts off atmospheric pressure in the valve, you should get full flow if the the gate in the valve is fully open. The only thing I can think of is the solenoid pin not quite closing over the atmospheric port completely and therefore the gate doesn't open fully. I actually don't know if this could even happen. There are more experienced people in this forum who troubleshoot system, hopefully they will chime in on this one. I would check the voltage to solenoid for 24V or replace the valve and solenoid and see if there is a difference. Maybe chat with the people who you bought the system from. aloha...See MoreToro PVB & remote control valve problems.
Comments (8)I had a hard time getting a new timer so late in the season. I went to Home Depot because they seem to have a nice variety of Toro products when I was redoing some of the zones. It was too late in the season for them to have a timer in stock so I opted to buy on ebay. I won the auction at the beginning of Nov. and din't get the timer until the middle of Dec. I had hoped for quick shipping for the ebayer that sold the timer to me but was disappointed. On top of slow shipping, the power supply didn't work. I had to wait for the supplier to ship me another one. That took another month, so now I am ready to winterize my sprinkler system in the beginning of Jan. We hadn't had a really hard freeze up to this point so I was optimistic that my pipes weren't damaged too badly. There was a break in the weather and I was able to blow them out. I did buy an electric heat tape to keep the exposed pipe that was above ground from freezing. I'll see what the damage was this Spring when I start the system up again. I'm sure I won't have the work I had last Spring with repairing half my zones because of a new septic system install. Happy Watering...See MoreNeed help locating underground sprinkler control valve
Comments (1)Try the following irrigation forum posting for some ideas: Where are the valves? Â Posted by: SreeRam_TX Z7 TX on Fri, Jun 17, 05 at 10:28...See MoreFisher Paykel GWL11 diverter valve always off, bad controller? Again?
Comments (4)I remeasured the resistance to the diverter valve and it was again 3.5 kohms which is higher than the speck so that probably needs to be replaced. Also I opened up control board from the plastic casing and did another visual inspection and found that a resistor that traces back to the diverter valve wires was blown. First photo shows an overall and the second a closeup of the blown resistor (in the middle of the picture about 1/4 up from the bottom) I thought about trying to replace just the resistor, but it is a surface mount and my soldering skills are not that great, and I also have no idea of the resistance needed! So long story short I think I need a new diverter valve AND and new control board. Approx. cost is $200, which I think is too much for a 12 year old washer. The good news is that it seems to works just fine on the permanent press setting so we are going to keep using it as is until we get a new one....See MoreMrHIrrigation
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