sprinkler help please

[JohnTRourke]

Swapped wires for zone 2 (yellow wire) and zone 3 (brown wire). Brown wire was the problem at zone 3 and when on zone 2 it won't run zone 2. So it seems I have a wiring issue.

How might I got about fixing that?

told you so
is it multi-strand wire or direct burial 14ga single strand?

[JohnTRourke]

No way of buying a single wire and connecting it at the clock then pulling it through to the valve box?

oh sure, that works, but if it's multi-strand there are almost always extra strands, and any GOOD installer usually puts in an extra wire (it's usually blue). Anything you can do that involves less digging is always a good solution.

or you can just direct bury another one and hook it up,
Use DBY's to make the connection in the ground.

[sniper7]

There is an extra orange for a rain sensor I Dont have. I'll see if that goes to the same box.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

Yup. Or wire two zones together.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

Yup. Or wire two zones together.

I know it's ghetto... Buuuuuuht you do live in Brighton...

[JohnTRourke]

I know it's ghetto... Buuuuuuht you do live in Brighton...

that never works, there is never enough pressure to run both

however, they do make a product (I forget the name) that flips back and forth between each one. In a homeowner situation I'd put new wire in, in a bit street scape I've used the flipper.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

It depends. If the house has enough pressure and if it is coming off of two different feed lines it will. I have the capability of doing it if I wanted.

[Boadie30]

Just making sure; Do they turn on using the manual cycle on the box? Or are you saying that you can't turn them on from the box using manual or programmed setting?

[sniper7]

I can turn them on manually.

Checked wires and there are a couple extra in the box but not at the panel. The spare wire at the panel goes to the other box for the front yard....grrr.

I will see if I can get 2 zones running at the same time.

I do have a trickle zone that runs the front yard plants on a drip system. I imagine my pressure would be fine on that, any issues you guys see with running a regular sprinkler zone with a drip system?

[Bitter Clinger]

Shoot me a pm if you can't make it work. My uncle is a sprinkler guru. He will give free advise. And if it still don't work, he is the best most fairly priced in the state.