kakegc
31-03-2015, 07:49 PM
Overheard at a major hardware store in Adelaide's southern suburbs today; "I'm returning these solenoids, they don't work, they still let water through when I switch them off at the house power box"
Nothing wrong with the solenoids mate, they have a manual on/off switch on each of them! Or (newsflash!) you could turn them off from the control box! Switching the power off at the box just leaves them in the position that they were in at the time you turned it off! The water supply remains on, regardless of what you do at the power box, so if they're on & you switch the power off at the box, THE WATER STAYS ON!
Yes, he was a contractor & yes, he was installing irrigation as a job.
Nothing wrong with the solenoids mate, they have a manual on/off switch on each of them! Or (newsflash!) you could turn them off from the control box! Switching the power off at the box just leaves them in the position that they were in at the time you turned it off! The water supply remains on, regardless of what you do at the power box, so if they're on & you switch the power off at the box, THE WATER STAYS ON!
Yes, he was a contractor & yes, he was installing irrigation as a job.