Not getting water through backflow preventer

[cypherljk]

I consider myself a handy person and this year I wanted to connect my system myself instead of having a company come out and do it. In the previous years I have replaced the control box, the control valves and the backflow preventer. Since it's practically a new system I should be able to cut it on right? Wrong...

I have set all the valves correctly but I am only getting water on the street side of the bleeder valve. No water appears to be going through to the system side. Any help is appreciated..

 

[Terry]

Are you sure it's pointed the right direction?

 

[Sponsor]

 

[cypherljk]

Hmmm Looking at the mftr website they have the inlet and outlet valves the opposite of what I was thinking. My street is on the left. I wonder if I have it on backwards. I could have sworn that this is the way it was installed before it was pulled for the winter;

 

[cypherljk]

Are you sure it's pointed the right direction?

One way to check..... Off I go...

 

[cypherljk]

And that was the problem. It was backwards. All the sprinklers in all the zones look good to go! Thx..

 

[Terry]

Thanks for the update.
I'm glad it worked out.

 

[Gary Swart]

Came to this way too late, but when I looked at the picture, I said to myself, "Self that sucker may be on backward" BTW, I'm not familiar with that particular brand, but the ones I have seen have an arrow embossed on the case showing direction of flow. Arrow on not, bet you won't have this problem again.