The correct term is valve. If you used an air compressor to blow them out last year, you may have to take the valve apart to see if there are any broken parts inside. The valve may just screw off like a jar. There are some rubber washers inside the valve, that the air compressor may have displaced if too much pressure was used.
What kind of system is it? Is it an Orbit? IF so, you can go to Orbitonline .com to get information and/or replacement parts. http://www.orbitonline.com/ Let me know if I can be of any further assistance. -----Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Brice Mijares Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 10:32 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] automatic water sprinkler problem Over the weekend my automatic water sprinkler system malfunctioned. After going through the cycles, one bank stayed on. So I turned the knob to manual, and it still wouldn't stop running water in the one bank. So I had to turn the main water valve off leading to the house. The first time I turned the main valve back on the water was still running through that one bank. So I turned it off again, and tapped on the top of the knob for the bad bank. I heard the solenoid if that's what it's called close. Turned the water main back open and the water in that bank was no longer running. Well, it happened again this morning, I had it set to manual where I had to push a button to start the water through it's cycle. So it does it in both automatic, and manual setting. So I'm quite sure it's not the automatic sprinkler system itself, but something in the Knob where you'd turn it on from outside where all the individual banks are located. How would I remedy this situation? Please give me the correct terminology for what these parts are. for instance, the proper name for the knob, the mechanism inside that opens what ever allows the water to flow etc. To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
