- I weeded through all the posts, but they seem to be focused on controller not working (dead). I am confident my controller is working and wired properly.
- Noob here to the technicalities of the sprinkler world so be gentle.
- If there is a troubleshooting post already out there that can walk me through this, I would greatly appreciate the link and thank you in advance.
Had an older Rainbird ESP-Me panel, 6 zones. Eight years, no problems. All the stations stopped working last week - controller display is on, says it’s turning on the stations, etc. but the stations no longer work. All of them. I hoped this was a simple controller problem/death so I purchased the Rachio 3 and installed it. Confident wiring is exactly as stated and matching old unit. Set it all up and still nothing works.
So I assume, the problem is “in the ground.” OK, maybe obvious.
I also assume, again not knowing much about systems like these, that the problem would be somewhere between the controller and the first underground junction point? I picture the underground “stuff” to be linear (controller → underground junction 1 → underground junction 2 → underground junction 3). Given that everything is out, I assume the beginning of the line is where the problem is.
I know I have at least two junction points as I can find them. One on the side of my house, one on the back. I assume there is a third one, somewhere in the front near the garage where the controller is but I haven’t been able to locate it yet.
Any tips on how to proceed fixing this? Since they all went out at once, is there a likely culprit?
Again, any help/tips would be appreciated.
Thank you!