Benjamin.gee
New Member
Hello all, I’m reaching out for guidance as I’ve met the limitations of my own experience and troubleshooting abilities.
I’m helping a friend fix her sprinkler system and have run into a serious problem. When main water supply is turned on to the sprinklers zones 1 and 2 flow freely. I’ve checked the solenoids which are operational and get voltage when the control panel sends it. I’ve checked the diaphragms which were old, and I replaced. We’ve replaced several bad heads located throughout her system.
If I turn zone 3 or 4 on, which are located further down the system, zones 1 and 2 will start behaving more like expected.
Is this a pressure problem? My mind leads me to believe that the pressure through the system is too high, which allows it to bypass the valves for Z1 and Z2 but once Z3 or Z4 are turned on pressure drops and valves at Z1 and Z2 operate properly.
She obviously wants to control her sprinklers from the control panel instead of having to go down to the water main and turn on the valve to the sprinklers. Can anyone offer some insight to this
Cheers
Benjamin
I’m helping a friend fix her sprinkler system and have run into a serious problem. When main water supply is turned on to the sprinklers zones 1 and 2 flow freely. I’ve checked the solenoids which are operational and get voltage when the control panel sends it. I’ve checked the diaphragms which were old, and I replaced. We’ve replaced several bad heads located throughout her system.
If I turn zone 3 or 4 on, which are located further down the system, zones 1 and 2 will start behaving more like expected.
Is this a pressure problem? My mind leads me to believe that the pressure through the system is too high, which allows it to bypass the valves for Z1 and Z2 but once Z3 or Z4 are turned on pressure drops and valves at Z1 and Z2 operate properly.
She obviously wants to control her sprinklers from the control panel instead of having to go down to the water main and turn on the valve to the sprinklers. Can anyone offer some insight to this
Cheers
Benjamin