Are we talking about the same thing? There is no air compressor that I know of associated with my water sprinkler. The automatic sprinkler system timer is made by Toro. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Kisecker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 2:55 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] automatic water sprinkler problem
> 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 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/
