Monday, May 4, 2015

I Hate Sprinklers 2015

My least favorite day of the year is the day I turn the sprinklers on in the back yard. This year was no exception. This year was a bit special because I had to make an adjustment to the sprinkler control box because I added a new line of sprinklers to water the raspberries I moved.
Thursday afternoon I made all the changes and turned on the sprinklers. Nothing seemed to work and the manifold on line 4 was leaking like a sieve. I turned the whole system off and decided to think on it for a day.
Friday evening I spent 10 minutes on YouTube looking at sprinkler manifold repair and then went downstairs and in 5 minutes had the system working. Unfortunately it was still leaking but at least all the lines worked.
Two new manifolds added to the top of the configuration
Saturday I purchased some additional parts and got manifold 4 to stop leaking. I still have a little leaking where I added the new line but it will hold until we are back from vacation.
My fear is that I will need to redo the entire box and start from scratch. Not looking forward to that but it may be the best option. As I have said before, "I hate sprinklers"!

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