Re: lawn sprinkler control unit repair

[pak <eckerpw@xxxxxxxxx>]

thanks to all for the great advice. give me a few days to get it dug
out, and I may have more questions. BTW: I do have a gopher/mole
problem, so that may very well be what happen, them tunneling into the
valve box.

Paul

On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 23:12:05 GMT, "BruceR" <brNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Yes! That's the first thing to do - clean everything up and dry it out.
>Check all the connections and waterproof them using gel caps (from Home
>Depot in the sprinkler section). Then check the fuse on the control unit
>and replace if needed and test.
>
>From:pak
>eckerpw@xxxxxxxxx
>
>> When on turned on control unit in the garage (had been shut down for
>> winter) all seemed fine, programed it like I do each spring, except
>> when I used the control unit to activate a sprinkler head, the unit
>> went dark. So I went outside and opened the box in the ground where
>> the wires are hooked to the valves. What I found is somehow the box
>> had filled up with wet dirt and covered all the valves and wires.
>> Could  the wet dirt have caused the inside unit to short out?  Do you
>> think if i dig out the valves and let them dry out the inside unit
>> might work again?
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 22:21:58 GMT, "BruceR" <brNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> The control heads are so cheap that it rarely pays to repair it
>>> unless it's a simple problem.
>>>
>>> From:pak
>>> pak.ecker@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>> Wondering if this is the right group to ask questions about
>>>> automatic sprinkler system control unit repair?
>