Rainbird Wiring Diagram (2024)

FAQs

How to connect Rain Bird wires? ›

1 Connect one wire from each valve together with watertight splice connectors; either valve wire will work. → Connect all wires to common terminals on controller. Connect the second wire on each valve to a wire on the control cable; connect only one valve to each wire.

“First and foremost, two-wire is unique in that it runs an alternating current path out to the field on two wires that interconnect all the zones, which is different from conventional irrigation systems where each station has its own primary (hot) wire, and each station has a common that's tied to them all and brought ...

Master Valve Wiring. Not all systems have a master valve. A Master Valve is a “normally closed” valve installed at the supply point of the main line that opens whenever a zone is operating. It is normally labeled "M," "MV," or "Pump." Please note, Master Valves should only be wired to the "M" and "C" terminals.

Sprinkler wire consists of one white or common wire and any other colored wire depending on how many control valves the system has. Your sprinkler wire needs to have at least one more wire than the number of zones being installed.

The most obvious benefit of 2-wire technology is the ability to operate hundreds of sprinklers at the same time anywhere you want on the golf course, limited only by the irrigation systems pumping and piping capacity. Most conventional systems are limited to a maximum of 16 solenoids at the same time per controller.

The common wire is usually white in color and runs from your controller to your master cylinder and then to each of the other valves on your irrigation system in turn. If something happens to cut your common wire, then every valve after the cut will fail to turn on when activated.

Connect one solenoid wire to a common wire (usually white). All valves can share the same common wire. Connect the second solenoid wire to a power wire (usually colored).

Flow rates and color codes: 1 GPH (4 L/H) color code – black. 2 GPH (8 L/H) color code – green. 4 GPH (16 L/H) color code – red.

If you are unable to connect to the controller, try pulling the WiFi module out of the controller and re-inserting it, allowing it to boot back up again. It should be blinking green when you try to connect in the Rain Bird app.

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How to find sprinkler lines without digging? ›

Without digging, it is possible to find sprinkler lines by getting a design map from the company that installed the system. If this is not possible, one could go to the valve box and follow a line back to each of the head sprinklers in a circuit. Or one could utilize an electronic water-detection device.