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Installing the Controller
1. Decide where you would like to locate the controller. Most
residential controllers should be installed indoors. Follow
the installation instructions that come with the controller.
You will need a 220–240V or 115V electrical outlet to plug
in the low voltage transformer.
2. Use color-coded irrigation wire to connect the valves to
the controller. The total number of wires you need is one
for each of the valves, plus one common wire. If you are
wiring a 5-zone system, purchase a combination of wires
with at least 6 total wires long enough to reach from your
controller to the farthest valve.
3. Installing Wire: Lay the wire in the trench from the
controller to the valve manifolds. It is best to protect the
wire from future digging by installing it directly beneath
the pipe where possible. Leave an expansion loop of wire
at each change of direction. The loop will ensure that the
wires will not be installed too tightly and will reduce the
possibility of stretching.
4. Connect the wires to the valves with waterproof
connectors. You will need one wire for each valve, plus
one common wire which will be connected to one of the
wires on all of the valves.
Installing Heads
1. Install all the heads but the last head on a run. Leave the
last one(s) off for proper flushing.
2. Flushing System: Turn on the zone manually at the valve.
Allow the water to flush out any dirt which may have
entered the system. Flush the system even if you are sure
nothing got in during installation. When you are certain
that the water is clean, turn the zone valve off and install
the remaining heads.
3. Checking for Proper Coverage: Turn the zone on at the
controller. By activating the controller, you are making sure
that the wire and wire connectors are operating properly.
Adjust the sprinklers and check for coverage.
Backfilling
1. Do not directly bury the valves. Install a valve box for easy
access to valves. Wait until you are backfilling the trench
to set the valve box.
2. Make sure there are no rocks directly next to the pipe.
Backfill one-third to one-half of the depth of the trench at
a time, compacting the dirt as you go. Make sure to allow
for the extra dirt on the sod when setting the sprinkler
heads and valve boxes.
System installation
Use color-coded irrigation wire to connect the valves to the
controller. You will need one wire for each valve, plus one
common wire.
TIPS
When deciding how many sprinkler wires you need,
add at least two extra wires for each valve manifold
for future expansion. It is much easier to install them
now than later after the landscape has grown back in.
METRIC TO U.S.
COnVERSIOnS
13 mm = ½"
20 mm = ¾"
25 mm = 1"
32 mm = 1¼"
Roam Remote Control Kit
The Hunter Roam Remote
Control Kit saves time during
installation and routine system
maintenance. The receiver
(left) plugs into the Controller
Connection Kit and the
transmitter (above) activates
the sprinklers within a 1,000
'
range. The user can manually
run any zone without resetting
the controller.
