Rain Bird PC-204 Owners Manual / Operating Manual / Installation Manual Download

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Dual Program

Sprinkler Timer

Owners Manual / Operating Guide / Installation Guide

For Model Numbers:

PC-204

4 Station

PC-206

6 Station

PC-204-PS

4 Station with Pump Start

PC-206-PS

6 Station with Pump Start

Rain Bird National Sales Corporation

Customer Support Center

6991 E. Southpoint Rd., Bldg. #1

Tucson, AZ 85706

1-800-RAIN-BIRD

Summary of Contents for PC-204

Page 1: ...nstallation Guide For Model Numbers PC 204 4 Station PC 206 6 Station PC 204 PS 4 Station with Pump Start PC 206 PS 6 Station with Pump Start Rain Bird National Sales Corporation Customer Support Cent...

Page 2: ...shrubs flowers ground cover etc re quire different amounts of water Rain Bird timers are designed to allow each station to water its own length of time from 0 minutes to 99 minutes in one minute incre...

Page 3: ...s Press to adjust time up days to on and change program A to C Press to adjust time down and days to off Press to operate system manually Press to put timer in rain shutdown mode SET CLOCK PROGRAM Set...

Page 4: ...t an outdoor timer Do not mount it where it is exposed to wa ter moisture or direct sunlight as failure may occur Tip To avoid power fluctuations do not put the timer on a circuit controlled by a swit...

Page 5: ...e extra wire for the common wire determines the number of strands For example in a three valve installation a four strand wire is needed Tip Some thermostat wire referred to as sprinkler wire may be s...

Page 6: ...Rain Bird model PCR 1 which when activated by the timer will in turn acti vate the pump The pump start circuit can also be used to operate a standard 24 volt master valve The hot wire of the relay swi...

Page 7: ...ht digit by pressing OR Day Tues PGM A C 1 B Set the current hour of the day Example To set the hour to 2 00 p m adjust the display to read h 14 SET CLOCK PROGRAM Again Press and adjust the right two...

Page 8: ...er system More often than not different areas of your yard need different amounts of water For example a station watering in a shady area should apply less water than stations op erating in sunny area...

Page 9: ...but both have to operate the same way specific days or day intervals How to set the watering days PGM A C 2 A Watering on specific days Remember days of the week are shown as the first digit in the d...

Page 10: ...k to day 1 The same procedure is used to set watering in other cycles such as every fifth day See reference chart 2 below for detailed schedules Day Number and Setting Desired watering cycle 1 2 3 4 5...

Page 11: ...0 a m TIME OF DAY TO WATER TIME OF DAY TO WATER OR PGM A C To water a second time each day follow this step Press Again and change the 2nd start by pressing Start 2 Program A 1 00 p m TIME OF DAY TO W...

Page 12: ...ain and change station 2 by pressing Station 2 Program A 99 minutes OR STATION TIMING STATION TIMING STATION TIMING Repeat this step for stations 3 through 6 PGM A C 4 B Removing a station from a prog...

Page 13: ...turns the entire display will blink 00 00 The timer is now in the emergency back up mode eight hours later the first station will water for 10 minutes followed by the next etc You ll have to reset the...

Page 14: ...If you need these capabilities Rain Bird manufactures a variety of consumer and Trouble shooting Although problems should be infrequent sometimes solutions can be found in easily overlooked possibilit...