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Posted by gabes on July 16, 2006, 11:10 pm
I have noticed alot of standing water in zone 5, but that zone seems to
be one of the best working zones i have. with the most pressure . if
there was a leak in zone 5 would it affect other zones?
Pj wrote:
> Tony Hwang wrote:
> > gabes wrote:
> > > I am having problems getting all my sprinkler zones to work. I have 12
> > > zones with an average of 6 to 8 sprinkler heads on each zone. I have
> > > one zone that does not seem to get enough water pressure or let enough
> > > pressure out to keep my pump and pressure tank running. I have a
> > > private well, 1 hp pump with a pumping rate of 25 gpm. and a 30 gallon
> > > pressure tank. I also have a water softener , but is only hooked to
> > > spigets and faucets connected directly to or in the house. I have one
> > > zone , zone 8 at the moment that isnt working properly. doesnt let
> > > enough water out to keep the pump and pressure tank to keep running, so
> > > water barely squirts out. i have changed control valves and silinoids,
> > > but then a different zone acts up. I have changed 2 control valves at
> > > the same time while leaving one or the other open, and get this weird
> > > gurgling sound with water running out for a short period. then i
> > > replace the valve tops and all the zones work. However a week later a
> > > zone acts up again. do the same thing with 2 different control valves
> > > and can get it to work again , but only for a short time again. Did
> > > have a sprinkler guy come in and he cant seem to find the problem. Kal
> > >
> > Hi,
> > Sure, you don't have a leak in that particular zone?
> > Try exchanging zone valve with another working one.
>
> I put a pressure gauge in my system years ago; not expensive,
> relatively easy to do and has solved many problems. If one line
> doesn't have pressure it's probably caused by a broken sprinkler head,
> broken line or faulty valve.
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