[ScoopLV]

OK, I'm at my wits end.

Every couple months, the manifolds (x2) for my drip system fail. (This is the part that is wired to the controller. Sometimes it's the solenoid, sometimes it's the valve.)

BUT IT ALWAYS FAILS IN THE CENSORED CENSORED CENSORED OPEN POSITION.

I learn about the problem, when I come home to the CENSORED Zambezi River, flowing from my house, down the street.

This last time, it happened while I was in Utah for four days. That'll be another $400 water bill.

CENSORED!


Anyone got a line on drip manifolds that fail safe? How about manifolds that aren't complete pieces of CENSORED CENSORED?

[jfkIII]

Are you talkin' about what I think you're talkin' about?

[olecapt]

Originally Posted by ScoopLV

OK, I'm at my wits end.

Every couple months, the manifolds (x2) for my drip system fail. (This is the part that is wired to the controller. Sometimes it's the solenoid, sometimes it's the valve.)

BUT IT ALWAYS FAILS IN THE CENSORED CENSORED CENSORED OPEN POSITION.

I learn about the problem, when I come home to the CENSORED Zambezi River, flowing from my house, down the street.

This last time, it happened while I was in Utah for four days. That'll be another $400 water bill.

CENSORED!


Anyone got a line on drip manifolds that fail safe? How about manifolds that aren't complete pieces of CENSORED CENSORED?

Makes no sense unless you have very high water pressure or something. If it is well above 50psi think about a regulator valve.

If nothing else works put a solenoid valve in to feed the two manifolds. They you will need two failures to get water flowing to the street.

Most systems can turn on two valves at once. If not add a second controller.

[von949]

Originally Posted by jfkIII

Are you talkin' about what I think you're talkin' about?

Oh...I thought he was talking about something else.

[ScoopLV]

Originally Posted by olecapt

Makes no sense unless you have very high water pressure or something. If it is well above 50psi think about a regulator valve.

If nothing else works put a solenoid valve in to feed the two manifolds. They you will need two failures to get water flowing to the street.

Most systems can turn on two valves at once. If not add a second controller.

My water pressure is the same as everyone elses in the neighborhood. I just seem to go through solenoids and valves faster than anyone.

I'm almost at the point of calling a landscape company. I'm sick of digging in the dirt mucking around with the drip system.

[jfkIII]

Originally Posted by ScoopLV

My water pressure is the same as everyone elses in the neighborhood. I just seem to go through solenoids and valves faster than anyone.

I'm almost at the point of calling a landscape company. I'm sick of digging in the dirt mucking around with the drip system.

More "code' words.

[MediocreButArrogant]

Post the exact type of valve that you have. Some standard valves will not shut off reliably with the low flow rates on a drip system. The idiot that installed the system that I used to have used a standard Hunter PGV valve and it did not shut off reliably, dumping 53k gallons of water into my side yard one month. Current landscaping, installed by a company that seems competent, uses Rainbird low-flow valves.

[olecapt]

And one more...you should have a filter on the main feed to the sprinkler system.

[jfkIII]

Originally Posted by olecapt

And one more...you should have a filter on the main feed to the sprinkler system.

Yes...a trojan-brand filter.

[PinkString]

Scoop wins for the weirdest post of the month.