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Originally Posted by Barefoot
We've been having problems with our sprinkler system all spring and summer. Which is especially annoying since we're in Canada and our sprinklers are in TV.
Before we left TV, we tried to set the system to come on once a week. We thought we had it mastered. (We previously owned a CYV for two years and had no problem at all setting the sprinkler system). However we were advised by Village Watchdogs, our housewatch company, that the system was coming on several times a week.
So we had a "specialist" come in to examine it and reset it to one day a week. Recently our neighbour called us to say that the system no longer comes on several days a week, it now comes on three times on Tuesdays!
I think there must be a flaw in the "master controller box", the whattiz box, or whatever it is called. If we're going to call in a specialist, we should have the direction and flow of all the sprinkler heads checked.
I'm just wondering the best person to call for a total "makeover" of the system.
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may not be the box. Here is what happened to me. A reputable pest and lawn company offers once a year free sprinkler assessment. I do my own sprinkler work, but it is free so why not get the assessment. That includes reviewing the system and then making an effort to sell services/heads (yes I am a cynical fella). During this last visit they also check the sprinkler times. After they left, my wife told me they found that our system was not setup to come on at all so they fixed it.
I thought to myself.... that is not possible. I went and looked and the person had now entered a second program. This would cause the system to come on twice on Tuesdays mornings! I was blown away that someone who does this for a living could be this inept. What seems to confuse people (including professionals) is that the system that came with my house has 3 programs (A, B and C, I am not at my house now, so I hope I am using the correct terminology). You have to evaluate what is setup in each, not just program A.
A similar thing happened to my neighbor. He had someone do some landscaping for him and they looked at his sprinkler system. Next month he came to me asking about my water bill as his had doubled. You guessed it, the experts had made the same mistake, so now the system was coming on 3 times a week.
I am not saying it is NOT the control box, but it may be that there are things in the other "programs".