ok- here's what I got... the water comes on when I manually turn the
solenoid on (as well as the little pressure control knob on that solenoid),
and shuts off when I close it. But, it will not come on going through the
timer. I found that there's some wires disconnected on the back yard's
solenoids, so there's one problem. But- the side and front yards the wires
appear to be working fine. I did find that the fuse was completely blown in
the timer, so I replaced that. But again, I can't get these things to turn
on via the timer. Home Depot guys suggest getting a Voltmeter to test and
see if I'm getting 24 volts at the solenoids or not. If not, I need to
replace the timer. I seriously doubt that all 8 solenoids need replaced, so
I suspect it's the timer.

Also- the solenoid on the side yard doesnt produce any water at all. I turn
it on manually, and can't get water to come through it at all- any
suggestions there?

Am I missing anything?
Thanks
D


"D" wrote in message news:Q_1uc.2032$aM1.1904@fed1read02...
This is awesome stuff! I live in AZ, so I've never heard of someone
'winterizing' a system- we run sprinklers year round here... but I'll
definitely give all this a shot today. Thank you soo much!
D


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Also, there could be air in the lines, and it may take several minutes
before you would see water coming into a zone. Be sure that you have
given
it enough time.

The suggestion to look for a valve near the point where the irrigation
system ties into the main water near the front street is a good one.

The next thing that I would want to verify is to see if you are getting
24
volts to the zone valves. Check that with a voltmeter, at the point
where
2 wires are connected to a zone valve.

Next, if you know how to **manually** turn on a zone valve, I would
turn
one of them on to see if you have water available in the system.

Also, starting with the first zone, I would run it for 15-20 minutes,
and
then walk around in that zone to see if you see water spurting out of
the
ground anywhere (look closely througout the zone) , which would
indicate
a
leak, and would reduce the pressure so much that the sprinklers would
not
rise out of the ground.

Try these things and report back.


--James--