DIY- How To Manually Run A Sprinkler Valve

Would you prefer to run your lawn sprinklers or drip irrigation directly from your valve instead of the timer? There are 2 simple ways to run most valves manually, one is with the bleeder valve which is located on the top of the valve (usually at the opposite end from the solenoid) and the other way is by using the solenoid to operate the valve manually.
When turning on the valve from the bleeder valve you will want to just make a complete 360 turn until the valve turns on and water starts flowing from the bleeder screw. Shutting this off, is as simple as tightening the bleeder screw back down.
When turning the valve on from the solenoid, all you need to do is rotate the solenoid counter clockwise by 1/4 turn and reverse that to shut the water off.

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[ahm]

THANK YOU!!! I got my sprinklers to turn on and off turning the valve alone. Now, I know it must be the solenoid. You should be on Rushmore Mountain

[wanderingsoul]

I was wondering how to do this with Orbit Valves which don't have a bleeder valve. Now I know ! Thanks :)

[rvvanlife]

Thank you so much, mine is the older style like the one you showed, , I think the newer ones now have that lever on the seliniod that confused me

[NewWorldOrder]

Do you have any insight as to what would prevent a valve from working even when you turn it on manually?

[CraigRaymond-qqje]

Thank you for the tip I realize how to do that but it’s leaking at the bleeder valve or the solenoid which is over watering my cactus and blue agave how do I fix that

[micah-]

What kind of valve was the 2nd one? I know the first one was hunter but couldn't understand the 2nd one. That's the one I have and can't figure out what it's called. Thank you!!!

[thismarcus]

Hello, i have a hunter sprinkler system. With one zone not working so i went to a couple of valves and turned them but no water showing or anything..what does that mean?

[jpryan]

Hey Eli, what is the recommended height for Bermuda in AZ during spring/summer? I plan on keeping mine at 3/4’’.. thanks for the videos!

[sparkymydog]

I don’t want to ever run my zone 2. Couple months later I heard the sprinkler heads from zone 2 trying to start on and making a noise.
The valve had a small leak from zone 2 so we replace diaphragm and it worked. Today after running zone 1 and 3, zone 3 turned on again making noise. We turned off the irrigation water and then I just turned off the solenoid to zone 2, turned water on and valve 2 zone is off and no leak. Does this make sense? Thanks for help!