Re: lawn sprinkler control unit repair

["BruceR" <brNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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?