Re: lawn sprinkler control unit repair

[pak <eckerpw@xxxxxxxxx>]

So I will be cheching the colored wires to the common while they are
not connected to anything on either end?

What resisitance does a piece of wire show if it's good. Probably
depends on gauge but the wires I am dealing with are fairly  small.
Braided but looks not much bigger than bell wire

On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 09:47:43 -0400, "Robert L. Bass"
<robertlbass@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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>> OK,  becasue all connections in valve box looked very old and worn, I
>> undid all them.
>> 1) tested each of the five solenoids, all but one read between 22-24
>> ohms, so I assume they are good. The fifth read infinity, so I assume
>> that one is bad, correct?
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>Probably correct.
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>> 2) At the vavle box cheched each of five colored wires to the common,
>> each read 0-2 ohms, not sure what that means? Help
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>If you didn't disconnect the leads from the controller before checking,
>please do so.  If you did and got those results the circuits are probably
>shorted.
>
>> 3) Then measured each colored wire terminal at control box to the
>> common terminal, each read 0-1ohm. See aboverequest at item 2.
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>It depends on the controller model.