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1. Before connecting and testing the assembly, thor-
oughly flush the main line to prevent debris from dam-
aging the valves.
2. On the inlet side of the control valve, use galvanized
steel pipe or thick-walled, Schedule 40 PVC, white
plastic pipe, as this pipe is under constant pressure. On
the outlet side of the control valve, thin-walled PVC
pipe or flexible potyethylene pipe may be used.
3. To assure a watertight connection, use only one to two
turns of Teflon tape on the threaded valve-to-pipe con-
nections. DO NOT USE PIPE SOLVENT (CEMENT)
OR PIPE DOPE. THIS MAY DAMAGE THE VALVE.
DO NOT OVER-TIGHTEN. Screw adapters into place
finger tight. Tighten adapters one to two additional
turns.
4. Install a master shutoff valve before all electric valves,
so that the water can be conveniently turned off if a
valve needs servicing.
5. When grouping valves, allow sufficient spacing be-
tween valves to unscrew the valve from the pipe (about
6 inches).
6. Do not connect the outlet side (piping to sprinkler
heads) without first testing for leaks. If the outlet side is
connected and there is a leak, the pipe would have to
be cut in order to tighten the connection.
VALVE OPERATION
Your Rain Bird valve offers two features with which you
should become familiar.
FLOW CONTROL:
This feature allows you to control the
amount of water going to your sprinklers. To allow more
water through the valve, turn the black knob counter
clockwise UNTIL RESISTANCE IS FELT. This is fully
open position.
To reduce the amount of water, turn the black knob clock-
wise. If you keep turning, you can turn the valve all the
way off. In this case, the valve will not open.
MANUAL CONTROL:
This allows you to override your
automatic controller and turn your sprinklers on AT THE
VALVE. The valve can be turned on manually with the
external bleed screw or with the internal solenoid bleed.
The solenoid (block cylinder with wires) is wired to your
controller and turns the valve off and on electronically.
To operate manually with the internal bleed, turn the
solenoid 1/4 turn counterclockwise; this opens the valve.
The sprinklers will continue to run until you turn the
solenoid back in the clockwise direction(snugly), but do
not over-tighten.
To turn on (open) the valve with the external bleed, turn
the external bleed screw counterclockwise, 1/2 turn. Wa-
ter will exit the external bleed while the valve is on. To
turn off the valve, turn the external bleed screw clockwise
until snug. Do not over-tighten.
TO OPERATE YOUR VALVE ELECTRONI-
CALLY, BE SURE THE SOLENOID IS TURNED
ALL THE WAY TO THE CLOCKWISE POSI-
TION.
CONNECTION, TESTING AND WIRING THESE
VALVES
#2
Controller Terminals
Common
4
3
2
1
Common
Wire
Hot
Wires
Valve
Solenoid
1. Shut off the water main or the master shutoff valve and
connect the valve or valve assembly to the main supply
pipe. Be sure the water lines are flushed and clean.
2. Test the pipe and valve connections for water tightness
as follows:
A.
Turn the flow control clockwise (down) to off before
turning on the water supply.
B.
Turn on the water and check for leaks.
3. Now complete the hookup by connecting the outlet pipes
from the valves to the sprinklers.
4. Set flow control adjustment before making wiring con-
nections.
5. WIRE CONNECTIONS (Diagram 2). Use 18 gauge wire
to connect the wires to the controller. Wiring that
is to be buried alongside the pipes should be AP-
PROVED for UNDERGROUND use. For all splices, use
water tight connectors. (Do not exceed 600 ft.)
Each valve has two wires. Either one may serve as the
“HOT” wire which is connected directly to a station out-
put terminal in the controller. The other wire is
"COMMON" and may be joined to the common wires of
other valves with one wire running to the common termi-
nal of the controller. Check operation using the con-
troller.
