In a jam and could really use some replacement parts or full Hunter HPV valves. I know they are hard to find hence why I’m reaching out here.

Anyone know how to calculate the precipitation rate of point source drip? Is it different than inline?

Anyone know where I can find ET for Ca natives? Or just Mediterranean species? Thanks!

I just started working for a company that only installed rainbird controllers and most customers have upgraded to wifi rainbird controllers. How do I operate these rainbird WiFi controllers? I have over 400 residential properties to maintain. Do I need a password at each house or is there a way for technicians to access the controller? Thank you

I have 3 small sprinklers for small plants they need 30lbs pressure to spray. I have no pump but was hoping to use gravity or pressure or something. I do have a drill, basketball pump, battery leaf blower. Didn't really wanna make a drill fan thing. It's there any design or idea i can do rather then dumping a gallon water jug on them.

This is a really old system, tried to see if it works this summer, and it mostly did not, so I ended up not using it. After a few cold winter nights I discovered this cap broke! What happened?

If I have a row of head, should the throw on each sprinkler be adjusted to reach the next head, so the area between them is getting watered by both? Or should the throw reach just the midpoint, so the area is getting water by only one?

Obviously, the watering time would need to be adjusted, depending on which it is.

What's the optimum throw?

I’ve just moved into a rental, and have been trying to figure out how to use this, done a manual run but sprinklers don’t turn on. Was just wondering does anything need to be connected to the thing I’ve circled in red?

Good day can anyone please give some advice.

I have a borehole 2.2kw pump we use for our garden that is directly connected to 8 pop in sprayer you have to manually place the sprayer in the hole to activate the water. we have no tanks or anything meaning when you switch the borehole on, the sprayers activate we can't place more than 4 sprayers at a time otherwise the pressure is not enough. The sprayers sometimes pop out from the fitting causing the water to shut off at that particular sprinkler then causing my sprinkler pipes to burst underground due to the pressure. just moved in house and trying not to spend too much on a fix for sprinklers is there a way to put a pressure release valve in line with sprinklers? there are 1 pipe from borehole being split in 2 directions one going to front of house that has 6 sprinklers then 1 going to backyard that has 2 sprinklers. please help me

Some of my pop-up sprinkler heads get stuck in the up position, making them prime candidates for getting sliced by the lawn mower. They're in good shape--the springs are in good condition, and there's no apparent dirt or debris in the bodies.

I try to remember on mowing day to run around the yard stepping on the heads to get them to retract.

How do you all keep them from getting stuck?

Thanks.

I'm outfitting a greenhouse and want to be sure my calculations are correct before dropping a couple grand on a pump. Also looking for pump suggestions. Picture is anticipated outlay.

Basics: 126 linear ft of pipe, 15 ft elevation, 2300 gph, pvc pipe, 2" tank outlet but dont mind converting down. Bubblers are 0.5" inlet and need between 21-56psi each

Detail: I have a 15 foot elevation from a 2" outlet on the water tank splitting in 2 directions to split again to cover 4 25' tables. Each table will have 12 octabubblers outputting 48 GPH each. I can decrease this to 16gph each if it makes more sense from a size perspective. I would just increase the time the pump is on. I think I'll have 2 stacked 275g tanks refilling from city water. Each plant needs between 0.5 and 2g per day depending on size so I plan to run the pump up to 10 minutes at time but probably 2x a day for 5 minutes each.

Any thoughts or help is greatly appreciated!

So i just registered to go to congress in toronto jan 7 th i believe.

I didnt go last year, and am wondering if its even worth my time to go if not for the ceus it gets me to keep my useless certs.

The tix are free for me at least so its not like im out any loot if i dont go.

3 days of 3hour drives round trip to spend 3 days not being paid and in reality does nothing to further my career. And there is not like anything new in products its just a big ass comercial suppliers wanting me to jump ship

What are your guy’s thoughts on 2 wire vs conventional? I work for a city that contracts out some of our landscape areas. The contractors seem to promote guys overnight to an irrigation tech position with absolutely no knowledge. I like the idea of it but think it could be a potential maintenance nightmare with the half ass “irrigation techs” that our contractors use.

Can a normal user (aka homeowner) be setup as a user on multiple Hydrawise accounts? For example, if I have a Hydrawise controller at my house, and at my parents house. I'd like to be able to help our my parents every now and then by being able to make some adjustments.

Currently when I go to the Users section on my parents account and try to enter my email address to setup an additional user I get an error that the email address already exists, and I can't be added.

Is there something I am doing incorrectly, or is this a limitation on Hydrawise where only users with contractor accounts can controller multiple sites with a single login?

My upper part of the zone has dymaic pressure of like 40psi when tested at the popup head, and my lower level, down like 6-15’ lower has like 20-25 dynamic psi so water slowly comes out of those popup heads. The upper zone height is about 200 ft from the water meter and has 7 pop up heads,, and then it goes through several 90° elbows to go up 1’, over 1’ and down 7’ and then all downhill, for my lower part which has 8 popup heads over 100’. The pipes feeding it all are 1” on the upper level and 3/4 on the lower level. my water pressure is 140psi, and water flow is about 1000gph. Any ideas on how to figure out what is causing this pressure drop?

So our sprinkler system stopped working. I looked at the contractor and it looked like wires burned out. I got a new contractor board and cleaned out the wires and attached everything back and everything worked. I decided on the amazing idea of cleaning the wires from the rain bird unit and now it’s not working anymore. Maybe I put the wires back wrong?

I don’t understand how because I took a picture of the before. What is odd if the common wire has multiple wires in it and when I researched I only see the wire.

Also confused on the common wire sections (both wires) and the master valve wire. Do I have to distinguish between the brown wires?

Hey yall,

Just had a meter put in to convert to city irrigation and looking for advise on easiest setup after the backflow. Right now the 3 zone valve comes out of the ground like this ("indexing valve?") and couldn't find an electric zone that would match the columns to make life way easier.

https://preview.redd.it/d6u96jtu2n6e1.png?width=686&format=png&auto=webp&s=5a5b48ca48f66ccc6d6c83919d14e184d322c558

Are their any on the market?? Would be a hell of a lot easier than digging up and changing everything to horizontal... :(

Looking like the only valve I really see is this one:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Orbit-3-Valve-Inline-Manifold-Assembly-57253/202206757

Any advise helps. Also any precautions to take with wire coming out of box to meter? Just regular conduit?

THANK YOU!! RUST STAINS BE GONE

I’ve been in the irrigation business for a while, but I’m curious about the CLIA certification process since it’s not required in my state. For those who’ve taken the test, what resources helped you prepare? Are there websites, guides, or tools you found particularly useful?

On the flip side, are there areas where you felt existing resources fell short? Maybe something you wish you’d had access to while studying?

Just trying to understand what the preparation landscape looks like. Thanks for any tips or insights!”