Rachio Valve seems to be limiting water pressure, but with a weird twist

I’m utilizing two Rachio Valves to run two sets of sprinklers in my backyard. When I don’t utilize the valve and I hook one line directly to my tap, when I turn the water on, they pretty much instantly come up and start working fine. When I utilize the Rachio Valve, the water turns on, but it’s quite low pressure and the sprinklers aren’t able to pop up. The weird part is, if I help lift of the sprinker, the water pressure increases and it’s able to then sustain the sprinklers properly. They even have the same pressure as when not using the Rachio Valves. So every time my sprinklers are scheduled to come on, I have to walk out into the backyard and help lift up the sprinklers. If I don’t lift up a sprinkler, it will essentially just pour water out of each of the sprinklers for the full schedule and then turn off. It’s the oddest thing!

The only troubleshooting I’ve done is make sure the firmware is up-to-date and turned on the “Detect flow” option. When the valve turns on, even with essentially half the pressure, it does report that the valve is flowing.

Bumping this to see if anyone has any clues.

What defines a “set” of sprinklers that each valve is trying to run. Based on having an internal valve inside the Rachio unit, there would be an expected pressure and flow loss. If you are trying to run multiple GPM hungry sprinklers, it may be too much for the valve.

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