Muliple zones of my sprinkler are not working


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Old 06-18-11, 08:15 PM
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Muliple zones of my sprinkler are not working

I have 4 stations and a few days ago station 3 started not to work. I checked the valve and it seemed ok so I replaced solenoid. At first it didn't work even with new solenoid so I switched wire (does it have polarity?) and it started to work. I was happy until I found out 3 station including station 3 didn't work.
It seems like they have some electrical problem and station 4 which still works has different path of wiring.
I think somehow it is related to new solenoid but I can't make sense out of it.
What should I look into ?
 
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Old 06-19-11, 09:53 PM
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What it sounds like is corroded wire connections. The best thing to check is all your connections in every valve box and redo them all with water proof wire nuts.
 
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Old 06-20-11, 06:57 AM
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I was thinking of that. I found there are a few unused wires. I may want to redirect wires too.
So I guess this can't be related to recent replacement of solenoid.
Thank you for reply.
 
 

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