Troubleshooting an Irrigation Valve That Won't Turn On

Irrigation valves are complex products that can be intimidating to install and maintain. When a valve isn’t turning on as expected, it’s a concern for any irrigation contractor or property manager. In this video, we’ll show you what to do if you encounter a valve that won’t turn on.

[maryloulou]

Outstanding video! Thank you for taking the time, much appreciated!

[sandia]

Love the video and problem solving! Now if there was a video for leaking/seeping valves basically valves that won’t turn off that would be ideal

[dogstwodogs]

Wow! very good advice it cover pretty much everything. Thank you for taking the time to explaining it ....plus the images are great!.

[Jerrboyy]

I can hear our valve has water flowing through it but does not leak water when solenoid is loosened nearly 5 turns, and the manual bleed screw does not turn on heads or leak water. Flow control is fully loosened too, solenoid was tested and works. I think there might be a clog in the valve but i took it apart and the whole thing was clean as a whistle. Im thoroughly confused now

[casims]

My system stopped turning on at its scheduled time. I changed out the entire top of the valve, but it still won’t turn on at the scheduled time. I can hear the click at the valve at its scheduled time of 7AM for it to turn on, but it doesn’t come on. I can manually turn it on at the controller box which doesn’t make sense to me. I can’t figure it out. Any suggestions?