Upgrading my sprinkler system. The timer is originally located in a bedroom, valve control wired run through crawlspace to valves outside. This is how it was installed.
I would like to put my new weatherproof timer outside on the fence post near the system, so I don't have to run into the bedroom each time to turn the sprinklers on for checkups.
Is their any problem with using 16/2 low voltage direct burial cable, to extend power from the 24v adapter in the room, about 50ft, to the timer outside? I would think this is O.K since the small multicore cable to control the valves are 18/7 or 20/7. I wanted a heavier gauge because of the distance.
I saw this done once in a park, they ran the wire 300ft from the office, where the transformer was, and had the timer on a wooden post for the system, in the middle of the field. Been working for 6 years now. I don't remember the wire they used though.
FYI: Their is no outdoor power outlet outside near the timer, except on the other side of the house, and I had no plans of installing one anytime soon just for a timer.
I would like to put my new weatherproof timer outside on the fence post near the system, so I don't have to run into the bedroom each time to turn the sprinklers on for checkups.
Is their any problem with using 16/2 low voltage direct burial cable, to extend power from the 24v adapter in the room, about 50ft, to the timer outside? I would think this is O.K since the small multicore cable to control the valves are 18/7 or 20/7. I wanted a heavier gauge because of the distance.
I saw this done once in a park, they ran the wire 300ft from the office, where the transformer was, and had the timer on a wooden post for the system, in the middle of the field. Been working for 6 years now. I don't remember the wire they used though.
FYI: Their is no outdoor power outlet outside near the timer, except on the other side of the house, and I had no plans of installing one anytime soon just for a timer.