Assistance on Toro sprinkler system

Dgreaney · 06-05-2011, 02:10 PM

Ive built a driveway/ garage and in doing so I excavated 2 stations of my sprinkler system. I pulled back the the 2 feed lines and cut them off with plenty of space to easily splice new feed line and reinstall the sprinkler heads. The reinstall is relatively straight forward and entails hooking three Toro 800 heads to one line and four to the other. It's the same number of heads I originally removed.

I called in my trusty sprinkler contractor and he gave me an estimate that still has me twitching, almost 1/2 of the price of my entire 13 station system. I'm a contractor ( not landscape) as well and think the job entails ~20 hours of work digging trenches and installing sprinkler heads. So I'm going for it.

My problem is I know nothing about the system controls on the Toro controller and valve boxes. And that's my dilemma.

I can turn each of the two stations on in the valve box out in the yard by mechanically turning the valve on. However, I can't activate the two lines through the Toro Custom Command Controller (CC-P15). I think my sprinkler contractor somehow turned them off when he turned on my system this spring. The rest of the system Is active.

any advice is greatly appreciated.

sdsester · 06-06-2011, 08:07 PM

When you say you are able to turn the valves on manually you mean with the little thumb screw/bolt that floods the valve instead of the electronic actuator right?

At the controller you should have an option to turn each valve on with a switch that overrides the automatic session? You are say that is not working?

Check the connections at the controller for the valves. Perhaps the sprinkler company disconnected knowing you were doing work so they would not come on accidentally. Also make sure the connections to the actuator on the valve are hooked up and didn't get yanked apart. Seems weird both would go but the actuators could have failed and might need replacing.

ClassicLighting · 06-06-2011, 08:41 PM

Talk to 2 other irrigation contractors and go with the best one. I'm not talking about the lowest price contractor but the one you feel can best perform the work.

Dgreaney · 06-09-2011, 11:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sdsester

When you say you are able to turn the valves on manually you mean with the little thumb screw/bolt that floods the valve instead of the electronic actuator right?

At the controller you should have an option to turn each valve on with a switch that overrides the automatic session? You are say that is not working?

Check the connections at the controller for the valves. Perhaps the sprinkler company disconnected knowing you were doing work so they would not come on accidentally. Also make sure the connections to the actuator on the valve are hooked up and didn't get yanked apart. Seems weird both would go but the actuators could have failed and might need replacing.

Yes, I can turn the manual valve (it's marked off -on on the toro valve). I just don't know how they turned the valve off at the controller. Both the 'station times' are set, but I can't get the valves to activate, either through manual setting or cycling them on though the controller.

sdsester · 06-12-2011, 03:13 PM

My thought was they may have physically disconnected the spade or whatever connectors holding the valve wire to the controller station so someone would not accidentally turn them on at the controller?

Dgreaney · 06-12-2011, 09:38 PM

You were right. I had checked before, but I didn't look close enough. They had cut two of the wired to the two effected valves. Got it reconnected. Thanks

06-05-2011, 02:10 PM	#1
Dgreaney Newbie Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 8	Assistance on Toro sprinkler system Ive built a driveway/ garage and in doing so I excavated 2 stations of my sprinkler system. I pulled back the the 2 feed lines and cut them off with plenty of space to easily splice new feed line and reinstall the sprinkler heads. The reinstall is relatively straight forward and entails hooking three Toro 800 heads to one line and four to the other. It's the same number of heads I originally removed. I called in my trusty sprinkler contractor and he gave me an estimate that still has me twitching, almost 1/2 of the price of my entire 13 station system. I'm a contractor ( not landscape) as well and think the job entails ~20 hours of work digging trenches and installing sprinkler heads. So I'm going for it. My problem is I know nothing about the system controls on the Toro controller and valve boxes. And that's my dilemma. I can turn each of the two stations on in the valve box out in the yard by mechanically turning the valve on. However, I can't activate the two lines through the Toro Custom Command Controller (CC-P15). I think my sprinkler contractor somehow turned them off when he turned on my system this spring. The rest of the system Is active. any advice is greatly appreciated.

06-06-2011, 08:07 PM	#2
sdsester Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 8,923	Assistance on Toro sprinkler system When you say you are able to turn the valves on manually you mean with the little thumb screw/bolt that floods the valve instead of the electronic actuator right? At the controller you should have an option to turn each valve on with a switch that overrides the automatic session? You are say that is not working? Check the connections at the controller for the valves. Perhaps the sprinkler company disconnected knowing you were doing work so they would not come on accidentally. Also make sure the connections to the actuator on the valve are hooked up and didn't get yanked apart. Seems weird both would go but the actuators could have failed and might need replacing.

06-06-2011, 08:41 PM	#3
ClassicLighting landscape guru Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Norfolk, VA Posts: 9	Assistance on Toro sprinkler system Talk to 2 other irrigation contractors and go with the best one. I'm not talking about the lowest price contractor but the one you feel can best perform the work.

06-12-2011, 03:13 PM	#5
sdsester Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 8,923	Assistance on Toro sprinkler system My thought was they may have physically disconnected the spade or whatever connectors holding the valve wire to the controller station so someone would not accidentally turn them on at the controller?

06-12-2011, 09:38 PM	#6
Dgreaney Newbie Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 8	Assistance on Toro sprinkler system You were right. I had checked before, but I didn't look close enough. They had cut two of the wired to the two effected valves. Got it reconnected. Thanks

Assistance on Toro sprinkler system