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poor explanation of how it works...typical from guys who say its so "easy"...yeah its easy for them that already know how it works, but then they do a lousy job of explaining it. The solenoid plunger is in a down position when valve is closed an in that down position it closes and opening hole that would drain the top of the diaphragm area. When the valves is electrically turned on that makes a metal plunger in the solenoid go up and uncover the opening that drains the water pressure from the top diaphragm and thus the diaphragm is pushed upwards by the line pressure and water flows thru and down the pipe to your sprinkler.

Great concise explanation of several aspects of sprinkler electrical connections. Thank you

Do you leave those open like that all winter?

I really like your mock up. Ooutstanding!

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The ratchet cutter always cuts crooked on me. Is it just me? It could definitely be, me!

Got a question if possibly know the answer? Hooked up my 3 solenoids, 2 work fine when ran by themselves but the third runs when any other station is turned on, including the front 2 stations (seperate to the 3 I have connected), not a wiring issue as have checked its all definitely correct and no damage to cable underground or anything (checked via continuity), could it possibly be a faulty solenoid or am I missing something??

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Very clear and concise explanation. Thanks!

Thank you!

Great tutorial...i do have a question...i have 3 valves in the irrigation box...however i wanted to add a 4th & 5th zone down the yard. How do you wire so Value #3 is open when 4th needs to open and then same for 5th valve. Essentially valve #3 is acting as a master for #4 and #5.

Amazing. A video that makes since. I am desperate for help. Two of my four zones are low pressure. I have dug up pipes, no leaked. Cleaned sprinkler heads. No debris. Changed to solenoid. STILL LOW. Only difference I am seeing, last person to work on it spliced two of the wires that come from the timer to my valves for two zones. The wires were too short for him to work with. Coincidentally, those are the two zones that are low pressure. Is there any chance, though the wires of the same colors, he’s spliced the wrong Gauge? I know that sounds stupid, but I’m gonna loss. The wire come from coming from the tire look more like skinny pens. The wire that he spliced to extend it, look more like a group of silver small tiny skinny wires. Believe it or not, I know a lot about this system from fixing it all these years. A nightmare system. One Zone three heads. Another, 11!!! Who does that. This week, I dug most of the big “bad” zone up and moved a coupe of heads to a different zone that makes more sense. Pressure picked up, but not the issue. Help!!! My hands hurt. My back Is killing. I am so over this. Please help me.

Extremely helpful - thank you!

Id asked my local ace hardwsre, home sepot and site one about these unions (didnt know the namecat the time so described it as "a large pvc disconnect like hose ends where female spins off the male end") and was told theres no such thing....now i have all my sruff glued together fixed and perfectly length, no room to cut and put these in.....🤦‍♂️

Now do a video on price difference of the union assembly vs other assembly lol

Nice video ! Great tips

That just dumbed it down for me!

Hi if my solenoid is new and has 2 black wires how can you tell Wich one is the common? If it’s facing me is it the left or right side I’m just trying to swap over from a champion solenoid to a lawn genie type

What if they’re was too valves in the back yard instead of one?

It be nice if they built water values with built in unions. Only issue I suggest. Put union nuts closest to value. I have had a number of nuts Crack in extreme weather. This way you can easily switch out nut side of union with station. Especially in very tie spaces.

So just blatantly ignore the manufacturer's instructions on the 1/4" twist huh?

I have 2 different colored wire bundles . White for front yard and black for back yard . I cannot get the rear yard valves to turn on. I am using the white wires from both bundles ( as the common wires ). My Orbit timer has no screws, but has little plastic push tabs that rock or toggle where you can insert the wire up into a hole beneath the little plastic toggles. The wires come loose at times ! I purchased this timer 3 months ago at Home Depot. What do you recommend ? I am using Rainbird valves 3/4 inch .

Thank you

But it has provided enough flexibility for the pipes to move around! Glued stuff has much less flexibility! I think you need a 2nd thought!

What is it you have there with all those fittings. Never seen that before.

Legend! Quick and easy to follow and straight to the point, been putting off connecting the 3 solenoids in my backyard for a week or two & ready to tackle it now!👍🏼

You are absolutely confusing

Is this di-electric grease on the grease caps? Also, can I just insert wires inside the grease caps, then twist the wires or can that cause the wires to not work from the copper ends being greased. Or should I just twist the wires before inserting them inside the grease plugs and continue twisting the wires with the grease cap.

This is improper. Simple easy solution with the same result is to leave your timer on, let it cycle as normal. Water supply has been turned off and water will drain the same as he is intending. In the spring, all you do is turn water on.

Also that I hope me lot

Why do a video without a damn tripod

well then what is the good option?

OMG thank you! Ours did not come with a manual and the quick reference guide has very little detail. This was so helpful!

Thank you thank you, your video saved me $450 installers were asking me for this job.

Does it matter which of the 2 wires from the valve connect to the common wire or the zone wire?

What if I can't get the arrows to work

Best practice is to give a slight turn after pushing if in all the way and then hold it for a few seconds, I'm sure the way you showed would work fine but it's better to spread the sealant so that it's covered evenly when bonding

Great Video, building one to be above ground instead in the Ground.

does it matter which of the red wires from the valves goes to the white common wire, the solenoid has on/off on the top and i assume each of the wires is for that specific function

Can you cut the funny pipe, and connect it to more funny pipe to make it longer?? I’m Moving a sprinkler head now and just need more distance

Where is the other video where u run a separate set of wiring that u refer to at start of this video

Where can I get the app?

Ratchet cutters are notorious for cracking existing / older PVC and CPVC pipes. Some instead use a pipe / tube cutter with an enclosed metal cutting wheel (generally used for copper pipe), scoring the plastic pipe initially, and then tightening the tool grip several times by turning the cutter handle, after the grip becomes looser with a couple of revolutions of the tool. The pipe cutter with the metal wheel is thought to apply less force on the older pipe and is said to generally give a clean cut.

Where can you purchase Unions, Home Depot said they didn’t have them

Mister pressure relief valve, there great at the end of the line on my patio misting system in the winter time to prevent pipe from cracking, you can use this little brass fitting at the end of the main water line of your manifold or do what I did and put it at the lowest point of your pvc line and watch it piss out when timer turns off. Just seems to be such a waste of water. Figuring way to reuse water and pump back to plants

That’s why I keep it in her longer so I don’t get pushed back

You can use schedule 40 and schedule 80 gray together

Wait a minute he’s using ABS cement. The primer sounds right and looks right but it’s supposed to be PVC cement not ABS he’s working with PVC not ABS. Did I miss something?