Water Leak Help!! 911

Alan

Did you flush the lines out before you put new valves in? Maybe something got stuck in one of them.





I love helping angry people.

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jaydevries

are they all leaking or all in one zone or just one head

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be careful my advice only comes from general knowledge i know about the 4 rules it takes to plumb and they are
1 poop needs to flow down hill. 2 hot on left cold on right
3 i get a pay check on Mondays 4 do not chew finger nails at or after work.

mkpr56

Lines were flushed, it seems to be 2 zones head that are leaking!

jaydevries

ok 2 zones and all off there heads leak in those 2 zones is this correct

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be careful my advice only comes from general knowledge i know about the 4 rules it takes to plumb and they are
1 poop needs to flow down hill. 2 hot on left cold on right
3 i get a pay check on Mondays 4 do not chew finger nails at or after work.

Alan

If the heads are still running, and the power is off to the solenoid valves, they should be SHUT. If they are not SHUT, something is stuck in them, or they are not working properly.

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jaydevries

sounds like alan knows more than me keep educating me alan please

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be careful my advice only comes from general knowledge i know about the 4 rules it takes to plumb and they are
1 poop needs to flow down hill. 2 hot on left cold on right
3 i get a pay check on Mondays 4 do not chew finger nails at or after work.

mkpr56

Yes all heads leak in those zones!

I find it hard to believe that I bought two bad valves, but could be the case I guess!

Alan

Never worked on someone's sprinkler system before. Just using what I know about solenoid valves to get this guy to mellow out and quit being such a rude dog.

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Alan

I doubt you bought two bad valves. There's something probably stuck in them. Pull them apart again, and flush those two valves for a good 3-5 minutes. If you keep getting crud coming out, then keep flushing until it runs clean.

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jaydevries

test and make sure there is no power at valves also maybe something wrong with controller

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be careful my advice only comes from general knowledge i know about the 4 rules it takes to plumb and they are
1 poop needs to flow down hill. 2 hot on left cold on right
3 i get a pay check on Mondays 4 do not chew finger nails at or after work.

Alan

I'm rubber you're glue : Please read this thread.

http://www.diychatroom.com/f36/announcements/

Good point above. Check to make sure the two solenoids that aren't closing, are receiving power. My guess is that if you slowed the leak by changing the valves, they have power, something is just hung up in there. Nonetheless, still a good idea to check for power.

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beenthere

Rudeness toward anyone is not needed.

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jaydevries

or not recieving power something i learned earlier so it will be closed

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be careful my advice only comes from general knowledge i know about the 4 rules it takes to plumb and they are
1 poop needs to flow down hill. 2 hot on left cold on right
3 i get a pay check on Mondays 4 do not chew finger nails at or after work.

mkpr56

Thanks for the reading material Alan! Maybe you should read it yourself! To me it sounds like you need some re education,carrying on and being rude like you are! Thanks for all your tips!