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!👍🏼
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.
The #3 valve can be wired to the pump start on the controller. Assuming #3 doesn’t have heads on it and is only acting as a master valve. Most controllers have a pump start.
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??
More than likely that zone is hooked up to the pump connection. It is generally the connection adjacent to zone 1 in the controller wiring. The pump connection is activated whenever another zone is turned on. Often the controller numbering label doesn’t make this error apparent. To fix this you would just move the wire down from this slot to zone 3 or move all wires 1 slot to the right if they need to stay in order.
@@cupchanger again, have checked continuity so don’t believe it’s a wiring issue. Black wire is in the common and then I believe the green wire (which is the colour I’m using for that station) is in the zone 4. Unless it matters which of the two wires you connect it to at the solenoid but I thought they were transposable?
Solenoids can be wired either direction since they are an electro magnet, unless it is a battery operated controller. In that case the solenoid is directional.
Most home grade sprinkler wire is 18 gauge single strand wire, so the marine wire is of adequate gauge, but it is likely multi strand. While I can’t give you advice on this specific wire. I have seen home sprinkler timer systems run on all kinds of wire, and they work fine, but it is probably not recommended. The recommended wire to use is direct burial 16-18 gauge for short distances and direct burial 12-14 gauge for most commercial applications.
I bought recently the house and I did some backyard work but the contractor removed all wires. I have question can i connect two comp wires at box (I mean two white wires, since the box have two wires one from side yeard and other back yard)
plz help me : I have a orbit Programmable Sprinkler Mfr #57896--like the one u r working on-- i want to know HOW to program my 3 valves (stations ) to go on one after the other -each station watering for 10 min each
The app is now only on Apple devices through the AppStore. However, you can visit my website for most of the same information. Sprinklersystemcalculator.com
Thank you thank you, your video saved me $450 installers were asking me for this job.
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!👍🏼
Extremely helpful - 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.
The #3 valve can be wired to the pump start on the controller. Assuming #3 doesn’t have heads on it and is only acting as a master valve. Most controllers have a pump start.
@@cupchanger Thank you for the quick response. Yes there is a Pump (black label) on the control box, will add it there and test it out.
Where is the other video where u run a separate set of wiring that u refer to at start of this video
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??
More than likely that zone is hooked up to the pump connection. It is generally the connection adjacent to zone 1 in the controller wiring. The pump connection is activated whenever another zone is turned on. Often the controller numbering label doesn’t make this error apparent. To fix this you would just move the wire down from this slot to zone 3 or move all wires 1 slot to the right if they need to stay in order.
@@cupchanger again, have checked continuity so don’t believe it’s a wiring issue. Black wire is in the common and then I believe the green wire (which is the colour I’m using for that station) is in the zone 4. Unless it matters which of the two wires you connect it to at the solenoid but I thought they were transposable?
@@cupchangersomething else I haven’t tried is just changing it to a different zone to see if maybe that zone is faulty?
Solenoids can be wired either direction since they are an electro magnet, unless it is a battery operated controller. In that case the solenoid is directional.
I have had that happen before, so it is worth a try.
Is 16 AWG "marine wire" good for sprinklers? Wasn't sure if all 16 AWG wire are created equal. Thank you!
Most home grade sprinkler wire is 18 gauge single strand wire, so the marine wire is of adequate gauge, but it is likely multi strand. While I can’t give you advice on this specific wire. I have seen home sprinkler timer systems run on all kinds of wire, and they work fine, but it is probably not recommended.
The recommended wire to use is direct burial 16-18 gauge for short distances and direct burial 12-14 gauge for most commercial applications.
What if they’re was too valves in the back yard instead of one?
I bought recently the house and I did some backyard work but the contractor removed all wires. I have question can i connect two comp wires at box (I mean two white wires, since the box have two wires one from side yeard and other back yard)
I don’t see why not. I would probably do a pigtail. Connect both white wires along with a third wire (also white) to connect to the controller.
Thank you!!!!
plz help me : I have a orbit Programmable Sprinkler Mfr #57896--like the one u r working on-- i want to know HOW to program my 3 valves (stations ) to go on one after the other -each station watering for 10 min each
How can I contact you?
Roughturfsprinklers@gmail.com
Where can I get the app?
The app is now only on Apple devices through the AppStore. However, you can visit my website for most of the same information. Sprinklersystemcalculator.com
Hello, are you interested in Reviewing the Smart Irrigation Controller? We can send you samples, you just need to provide honest feedback
I would be happy to review it and provide feedback.
How can I contact you?
@@cupchanger Can you provide your contact information?
Roughturfsprinklers@gmail.com