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Posted by on January 28, 2007, 1:54 pm
> dabrauns.s...@dabrauns.net wrote:
> > I've got an underground sprinkler that stays on all the time. It looks
> > like we have seven zones in the yard. We found a buried control box for
> > four zones, unfortunately not the one that controls the suspect
> > sprinkler. We've been all over the yard and can't find a second control
> > box. Any suggestions on how we can locate the second control box is
> > greatly appreciated. As you may surmise, we're not the original owner
> > of the home.
> > Thanks in advance.I got my degree in Applied Sprinkler Science when hubby
was our condo's
> building manager. We spent a lot of free time searching for missing
> controllers. Start with the non-functioning sprinkler nearest the water
> supply line and try tracing it back to the supply. Ours weren't very
> deep, so we could dig down to the supply pipe, then follow by line of
> sight a few feet, dig again ...
>
> There are instruments for locating them, and a contractor might be able
> to do it with ease.
I'd just call a lawn irrigation company. They have the equipment to
trace the wire runs to the control box. In this case, it's probably
worth the service call to save a lot of wasted time.
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