About the Sprinklers & Irrigation category
Everything you need to know to troubleshoot your sprinklers & irrigation system. |
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820 |
Apr 2022 |
| Water in hose timer battery compartment |
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3 |
756 |
Mar 10 |
| Irrigation pause not accounting zone water |
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4 |
445 |
Sep 2025 |
| Hose timer behavior offline |
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0 |
67 |
Jun 2025 |
| Zone is ON all the time |
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1 |
175 |
May 2025 |
| Rachio 3 app use of Wunderground confusion |
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3 |
361 |
Feb 2025 |
| External relay for master valve and pumps |
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13 |
4.4k |
Jan 2025 |
| Rachio 3 & Hunter PSR 22 problem |
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1 |
221 |
Jan 2025 |
| Smart Hose Flooding |
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0 |
43 |
Sep 2024 |
| Constant Power Cycle Events |
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0 |
48 |
Sep 2024 |
| Water hammer |
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12 |
961 |
Aug 2024 |
| 12 Zone Sprinkler Power Adapter failed twice |
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1 |
81 |
Jul 2024 |
| Two zones watering at the same time |
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3 |
2.1k |
Jul 2024 |
| Water Journal Shows Irrigation Ran, History and Camera’s Show Zone Did Not Run |
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1 |
114 |
Jul 2024 |
| PWS Observed Precipitation Glitch |
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2 |
84 |
Jul 2024 |
| Using Rachio 3 with a canal |
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5 |
196 |
Jun 2024 |
| New Rachio 2 controller setup with rain bird CP075 |
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3 |
196 |
Jun 2024 |
| Rachio 3 Pump Start Function |
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39 |
10.6k |
Jun 2024 |
| Can I use Rachio without wifi? |
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0 |
190 |
May 2024 |
| Low flow messages |
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0 |
117 |
May 2024 |
| Low mA - Open Line - Help? |
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0 |
286 |
May 2024 |
| Depletion value vs full and Dynamic Crop Coefficient questions |
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4 |
211 |
May 2024 |
| Not Very Impressed So Far |
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6 |
295 |
May 2024 |
| Low Flow notifications and watering times |
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3 |
230 |
May 2024 |
| Zones not working? |
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6 |
486 |
Jul 2023 |
| Change owner |
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1 |
319 |
Jun 2023 |
| Valve |
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2 |
333 |
Jun 2023 |
| Replace Facebplate Rachio 3 |
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1 |
398 |
May 2023 |
| System spontaneously runs |
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5 |
400 |
May 2023 |
| Low amperage brass valves |
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1 |
406 |
Apr 2023 |
| Issues with power, zones staying on, and possibly more |
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4 |
474 |
Apr 2023 |
| Keep having “Paused waiting for 1 hour” |
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0 |
255 |
Apr 2023 |
| Rachio 3 stopped working |
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2 |
544 |
Mar 2023 |
| Pipe diameter |
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10 |
3.0k |
Mar 2023 |
| How to stop all watering? |
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2 |
416 |
Feb 2023 |
| Freeze Skip Failed |
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8 |
1.4k |
Dec 2022 |
| Europe/ tosted my 110V Charger, Unit in a deep Coma! |
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24 |
5.7k |
Oct 2022 |
| Water running when rachio is disabled |
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1 |
512 |
Oct 2022 |
| All sprinklers work - the second time they’re started |
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5 |
768 |
Sep 2022 |
| Zone was running on its own, but why? |
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47 |
9.2k |
Aug 2022 |
| Who can explain drip line GPH? |
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5 |
1.8k |
Aug 2022 |
| Water runs continual to 1 zone |
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6 |
857 |
Aug 2022 |
| Migrating from 446PRI Contoller |
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2 |
615 |
Aug 2022 |
| Rachio says it is working but no water is coming out |
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23 |
33.5k |
Jul 2022 |
| Mister setup for deck, running off sprinklers |
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8 |
9.7k |
Jul 2022 |
| Schedules not running or showing in event feed (but showing no error) |
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15 |
1.8k |
Jul 2022 |
| Fall Shut Down of system and blow-out |
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3 |
601 |
Jul 2022 |
| Home Screen says “no runs” for yesterday, but it’s wrong |
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2 |
461 |
Jun 2022 |
| Rachio 3 showing water flow but zone not active after water turned off at street for tankless plumbing repair |
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1 |
746 |
Jun 2022 |
| Rainbird valve leaking |
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2 |
3.7k |
Jun 2022 |
| New install won’t activate sprinklers |
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3 |
583 |
Jun 2022 |
| When I turn power on sprinklers zone 3 won’t shutoff Racchio Gen3 |
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6 |
1.3k |
May 2022 |
| Rain Bird ESP Modular to Rachio 3 |
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6 |
7.7k |
May 2022 |
| Two questions: Sprinkler gushing water & Zones |
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10 |
2.8k |
Feb 2022 |
| Zone 3 Runs separate from other zones in the Schedule |
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2 |
496 |
Oct 2021 |
| Intermittent Solenoids not opening |
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6 |
765 |
Oct 2021 |
| Rachio 3 fixed schedule running longer than scheduled |
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10 |
1.4k |
Sep 2021 |
| Unexplained reduction in watering time in some zones |
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10 |
398 |
Aug 2021 |
| Too much water pressure for sprinkler head |
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4 |
760 |
Aug 2021 |
| Installed rachio but it is not working |
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2 |
441 |
Aug 2021 |
| Power Supply Issues |
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5 |
1.4k |
Aug 2021 |
| Rain Skip not working - Gen 2 |
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3 |
1.1k |
Aug 2021 |
| What did we do wrong |
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4 |
394 |
Aug 2021 |
| Sprinklers not running when app says they are |
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2 |
581 |
Jul 2021 |
| Hunter Sensor Clik Issue - Always Dry? |
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1 |
481 |
Jul 2021 |
| Controller says system did not run but water meter says it did |
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2 |
405 |
Jul 2021 |
| After lightning strike, Rachio system works, but there’s no water running |
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16 |
1.5k |
Jun 2021 |
| Hunter PGP and I-20 rotors |
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0 |
454 |
Jun 2021 |
| Pop up heads turning left or right |
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0 |
334 |
Jun 2021 |
| How to measure water pressure in an existing sprinkler setup |
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10 |
18.6k |
May 2021 |
| Anyone Had Experience Using Wetting agents? |
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1 |
935 |
May 2021 |
| Irrigation System Help Needed |
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2 |
588 |
Apr 2021 |
| Thrive performance |
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0 |
493 |
Apr 2021 |
| Drip irrigation failures |
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2 |
1.7k |
Apr 2021 |
| All zones not watering |
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10 |
1.1k |
Apr 2021 |
| Weather Intelligence not using selected weather station |
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0 |
317 |
Apr 2021 |
| Sprinkler zone still running after stopping from the app |
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2 |
484 |
Mar 2021 |
| Not even sure if I set it up yet? |
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1 |
342 |
Mar 2021 |
| Low Flow Notification Question |
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2 |
344 |
Feb 2021 |
| Rachio 3 + flow meter issue |
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1 |
972 |
Jan 2021 |
| [off-topic] Can anyone identify this invasive weed? |
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19 |
2.7k |
Nov 2020 |
| Can I snip my rain sensor? (Rachio 3e Installed) |
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3 |
1.1k |
Oct 2020 |
| No water to zones |
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5 |
477 |
Oct 2020 |
| Added zone, Rachio will not control solenoid |
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0 |
412 |
Oct 2020 |
| Permanently disable 2 sprinklers in Zone 6 (This has 5 sprinklers alltogether) |
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9 |
1.9k |
Oct 2020 |
| Rachid 3 says running however it does not water |
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1 |
645 |
Oct 2020 |
| Back Flow Prevention |
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2 |
449 |
Oct 2020 |
| Split Zone into four with relays |
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7 |
1.6k |
Oct 2020 |
| Lowest PR sprinkler |
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1 |
347 |
Sep 2020 |
| System says watering however no water |
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1 |
610 |
Sep 2020 |
| Rachio Gen 3 - Zone stopped working today |
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1 |
642 |
Sep 2020 |
| Zones Stopped Working |
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2 |
436 |
Aug 2020 |
| Best products to stop overspray on my sprinkler heads? |
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31 |
14.7k |
Aug 2020 |
| Remove Rachio 2 from app |
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2 |
1.1k |
Aug 2020 |
| Hose water timers that work with Rachio? |
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34 |
17.4k |
Jul 2020 |
| Rotors Shoot Water Instead of Spraying Water |
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4 |
1.4k |
Jul 2020 |
| Foundation soaker hose setup |
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11 |
7.0k |
Jul 2020 |
| Intermatic Mechanical Timer Replace |
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102 |
6.5k |
Jul 2020 |
| Sprinkler Head Settings |
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1 |
971 |
Jul 2020 |
| Heads going up and down while watering |
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7 |
8.0k |
Jul 2020 |
| Moisture level missing in one zone |
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2 |
579 |
Jul 2020 |
| Rachio 2 zone won’t turn off |
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8 |
7.5k |
Jul 2020 |
| Possible Foundation Watering System? |
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0 |
905 |
Jun 2020 |
| Rachio Gen 1 Randomly Quit - Won’t deploy heads |
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2 |
425 |
Jun 2020 |
| Zone Fault Detected … sometimes |
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7 |
2.6k |
Jun 2020 |
| Was working, no more |
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19 |
3.5k |
Jun 2020 |
| Quick Run Stop Button Blocked on Android |
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5 |
819 |
Jun 2020 |
| Splitting a zone |
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2 |
4.0k |
Jun 2020 |
| Leakage in master valve (I think) |
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1 |
1.5k |
Jun 2020 |
| Tiny amounts of water used each day? |
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2 |
469 |
Jun 2020 |
| Sprinklers wont turn on by controller |
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0 |
459 |
May 2020 |
| Need Help please! changing from indexing to standard valve |
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37 |
3.5k |
May 2020 |
| Sealing/insulating the holes around pvc pipes in valve manifold box…? |
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3 |
1.1k |
May 2020 |
| Changing ownership of a controller |
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9 |
4.9k |
May 2020 |
| Help in troubleshooting one of my zones |
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19 |
1.2k |
May 2020 |
| Backflow prevention with hanging planters |
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1 |
932 |
May 2020 |
| Rachio scheduling watering during rain |
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8 |
552 |
May 2020 |
| Rachio over-watering my back yard, but not my front. What’s going on? |
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1 |
498 |
Apr 2020 |
| New House - How to hookup airline? |
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0 |
401 |
Apr 2020 |
| Two sprinker heads are not going up, in a zone of five heads |
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2 |
769 |
Mar 2020 |
| Zone 1 is only zone that runs |
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1 |
462 |
Feb 2020 |
| Schedule doesn’t run sometimes |
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4 |
556 |
Jan 2020 |
| A zone runs with every other zone |
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5 |
34.6k |
Dec 2019 |
| 2 Controllers with Munro Smart Pump Relays. Does it work? Yes / No? |
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53 |
4.5k |
Dec 2019 |
| Anyone know if this is the backflow and how to blow the line? |
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0 |
602 |
Nov 2019 |
| My schedules won’t run |
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4 |
535 |
Oct 2019 |
| New to Rachio |
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2 |
506 |
Sep 2019 |
| Calling all pros! How to increase overall output (pressure)? |
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9 |
2.3k |
Sep 2019 |
| Sprinklers stopped working |
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0 |
474 |
Sep 2019 |
| Water Usage |
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1 |
693 |
Sep 2019 |
| Impact Sprinklers in Front Yard - Brown Grass |
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2 |
855 |
Jul 2019 |
| Sprinklers run by themselves manually |
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0 |
436 |
Jul 2019 |
| Sprinkler not watering |
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2 |
388 |
Jul 2019 |
| No activity from gen 2controller, sprinklers don’t function |
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22 |
1.9k |
Jun 2019 |
| App says it is watering, but water isn’t coming out |
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3 |
1.8k |
May 2019 |
| Start up problems |
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2 |
542 |
Apr 2019 |
| Rachio hooked up and pump starts but valves not opening |
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1 |
655 |
Apr 2019 |
| Master valve wont turn off |
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6 |
2.8k |
Jan 2019 |
| I have to keep adjusting my spray heads! |
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4 |
2.3k |
Jan 2019 |
| Newbie: About to Install a New Sprinkler and Drip Irrigation System - So what would you do if you had a clean slate? |
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6 |
2.5k |
Nov 2018 |
| Rachio vs Rainbird vs Sprinkl |
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1 |
1.2k |
Nov 2018 |
| Yadlq - Yet Another Drip Line Question |
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1 |
1.0k |
Nov 2018 |
| No Zones will turn on - Lawn Genie |
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11 |
5.8k |
Nov 2018 |
| Water Hammer - Food for Thought |
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3 |
3.8k |
Nov 2018 |
| Backflow |
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4 |
1.2k |
Nov 2018 |
| [Intermatic Mechanical Timer Replace |
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69 |
28.8k |
Oct 2018 |
| Draining the supply line - non-Rachio related |
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5 |
1.5k |
Oct 2018 |
| Head spraying in down position |
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6 |
964 |
Oct 2018 |
| Rachio not watering manually |
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1 |
565 |
Oct 2018 |
| Solenoids not turning off |
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16 |
3.7k |
Oct 2018 |
| Gen 2 not activating any zone, even with manual activation at the box |
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1 |
714 |
Sep 2018 |
| Low pewasure |
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2 |
1.2k |
Sep 2018 |
| Feedback on Setup - Need Help with backup preventer |
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7 |
7.3k |
Sep 2018 |
| Zone won’t turn on after raising sprinkler head? |
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5 |
1.9k |
Sep 2018 |
| End cycle water hammer |
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3 |
2.1k |
Aug 2018 |
| Dethatching vs verticutting/slicing |
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3 |
1.3k |
Aug 2018 |
| Water pooling in corner |
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2 |
2.6k |
Aug 2018 |
| Should I install hose bib on the downleg outlet side of my backflow device? See picts |
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1 |
1.9k |
Aug 2018 |
| Multiple pumps one controller? |
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27 |
8.7k |
Aug 2018 |
| Zone 1 activates for 5 secs when I start other zones |
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17 |
3.1k |
Aug 2018 |
| New install few questions |
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5 |
843 |
Aug 2018 |
| My master valve is also a zone?! Is this right? |
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5 |
1.8k |
Aug 2018 |
| Flow Measured By Water Company |
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4 |
668 |
Aug 2018 |
| Pump Only Operation |
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0 |
574 |
Aug 2018 |
| Did anything change since last year? |
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7 |
917 |
Jul 2018 |
| 1 out of 8 zones quit working |
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1 |
3.0k |
Jul 2018 |
| “Efficiency” setting |
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1 |
1.4k |
Jul 2018 |
| Solenoid will not shut off |
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0 |
1.1k |
Jul 2018 |
| Setting up Rachio to Control Sprinklers W/O an Irrigation System |
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23 |
14.6k |
Jul 2018 |
| Water Hammering One Zone |
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1 |
3.0k |
Jun 2018 |
| Zone 6 stays on when other zones are running, but it doesn’t happen every time? |
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2 |
719 |
Jun 2018 |
| I Have a Sprinkler Pump - Can I Replace an Indexing Valve with Automatic Zone Valves? |
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2 |
4.3k |
Jun 2018 |
| Single Valve will turn on but not off with Rachio 3 controller |
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5 |
4.1k |
May 2018 |
| Secondary pressure reducing valve for sprinkler system? |
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2 |
2.7k |
May 2018 |
| My rachio is not watering |
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18 |
5.3k |
Apr 2018 |
| Pump Start Relay - control when zone is paused |
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6 |
1.5k |
Apr 2018 |
| Sprinkler system Hydrotek 1120 |
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2 |
1.9k |
Apr 2018 |
| Essential parts of a drip system - suggestions |
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6 |
1.6k |
Mar 2018 |
| Changed from rainbird |
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1 |
1.1k |
Feb 2018 |
| The perfect storm |
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22 |
3.2k |
Feb 2018 |
| Sprinkler guys only did half the job before the deep freeze |
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2 |
1.4k |
Dec 2017 |
| Master valve control on app |
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4 |
1.8k |
Dec 2017 |
| 1/4” or 1/2” drip irragation for fruit trees on a new zone? |
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27 |
9.2k |
Dec 2017 |
| 32 mm valve |
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1 |
1.3k |
Nov 2017 |
| How to set up irrigation hoses/valves |
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6 |
2.7k |
Nov 2017 |
| Attempting to winterize - manual zone runs not working |
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5 |
2.8k |
Oct 2017 |
| Does this work with drip irragtion |
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6 |
5.2k |
Oct 2017 |
| Number of Heads |
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12 |
2.3k |
Sep 2017 |
| Drip line - what am I doing wrong? |
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6 |
2.9k |
Sep 2017 |
| Interesting issue after installing the Rachio |
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4 |
1.3k |
Sep 2017 |
| Manual operation issues |
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6 |
1.4k |
Sep 2017 |
| RainBird SMRT-Y and head questions |
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0 |
1.1k |
Aug 2017 |
| Hunter i20 vs rain bird rotary? |
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3 |
7.9k |
Aug 2017 |
| Turned on Rachio; Bell valve immediately burst |
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5 |
3.3k |
Aug 2017 |
| Zone Fault Detection not working for some kinds of faults? |
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3 |
1.3k |
Aug 2017 |
| Netafim / Techline CV flow |
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3 |
2.1k |
Jul 2017 |
| Adding a zone for a valve to an outside bib |
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12 |
8.7k |
Jul 2017 |
| How do you detect stuck valves? |
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3 |
3.9k |
Jul 2017 |
| Customer Sprinkler Head Question |
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3 |
2.6k |
Jul 2017 |
| One irrigation head dead. Low pressure? |
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9 |
10.9k |
Jul 2017 |
| No zones will activate |
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9 |
1.6k |
Jul 2017 |
| Functional issues after winterization |
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10 |
3.4k |
Jun 2017 |
| Yard is light green |
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8 |
2.4k |
Jun 2017 |
| One zone is watering 2 zones |
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7 |
6.2k |
Jun 2017 |
| Zone Fault Isolation |
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5 |
1.6k |
Jun 2017 |
| No Smart Controller will Fix a Bad System |
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2 |
1.1k |
Jun 2017 |
| Rachit just started running ran all day |
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6 |
1.4k |
Jun 2017 |
| 360° Rotors |
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2 |
1.4k |
Jun 2017 |
| Is www.wateringschedule.com working for anyone? |
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15 |
2.3k |
Jun 2017 |
| Zone won’t shut off - old valves |
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0 |
2.8k |
Jun 2017 |
| Hunter PGP heads |
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4 |
1.6k |
Jun 2017 |
| New install on new Bermuda sod |
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31 |
5.3k |
Jun 2017 |
| How To Pick A Solenoid For Legacy 1954 Sprinkler System |
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2 |
1.3k |
Jun 2017 |
| Looking for votes: What is better? What should be cheaper? (New System Installation) |
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1 |
1.3k |
May 2017 |
| Don’t Mix rotors and spray nozzles |
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5 |
14.3k |
Apr 2017 |
| Zone not working |
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11 |
11.6k |
Mar 2017 |
| Run time and head to head coverage |
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10 |
2.5k |
Aug 2016 |
| Rotary nozzles…really water saving? |
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37 |
17.1k |
Apr 2016 |
| Indexing valve vs standard for Rachio |
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51 |
23.5k |
Jul 2015 |
| Where to place valves, filters, backflow prevention and pressure reducers? |
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11 |
10.4k |
Mar 2015 |
| Hunter MP Rotator Heads |
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42 |
19.8k |
Jun 2014 |