{"id":92,"date":"2011-06-25T17:22:10","date_gmt":"2011-06-25T23:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iscaper.com\/blog\/?p=92"},"modified":"2021-04-11T14:18:08","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T20:18:08","slug":"how-to-open-a-sprinkler-valve-manually","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iscaper.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/how-to-open-a-sprinkler-valve-manually\/","title":{"rendered":"How to open a sprinkler valve manually"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This is a Rain Bird 100DVF sprinkler valve. On this valve like most sprinkler valves, there are usually two ways to open the valve manually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is useful if you are checking out a sprinkler system because you can open a sprinkler circuit without using the sprinkler timer, especially if the timer happens to be in the basement, in the garage, or another room in the house. This way you don’t have to run back and forth between the timer\/controller and the zone you are watering. If you have multiple valves in a manifold you can open them all in a single location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first way to open this valve is to open the manual bleed screw. If you look at image in this post you will notice that the manual bleed screw is located towards the back of the valve near the flow control. To open the valve manually twist the manual bleed screw counter clockwise until the valve opens. It usually doesn’t need to be more than one-half turn. To close the valve turn the manual bleed screw clockwise until the valve closes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second way to open the valve is to grasp the solenoid and turn it approximately one-quarter turn counter clockwise until the valve opens. To close the valve turn the solenoid clockwise until the valve closes. This is the method I prefer, because most times when you open the manual bleed screw it sprays water into the valve box and if the valve is left on for any period of time it can start filling the valve box with water. Usually opening the valve by twisting the solenoid doesn’t leak water into the valve box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, I have a YouTube video “Manually open a sprinkler valve”<\/a> that goes through the steps of opening a Hunter PGV sprinkler valve manually. Visit my channel on YouTube iScaper1<\/a> for more videos on sprinklers and landscaping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a Rain Bird 100DVF sprinkler valve. On this valve like most sprinkler valves, there are usually two ways to open the valve manually. This is useful if you are checking out a sprinkler system because you can open a sprinkler circuit without using the sprinkler timer, especially if the timer happens to be… Continue reading How to open a sprinkler valve manually<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"yasr_overall_rating":0,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"yes","yasr_review_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15,5],"tags":[34,33,29,6,7,24],"class_list":["post-92","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sprinklers","category-valves","tag-manually-open","tag-open","tag-rain-bird","tag-sprinkler","tag-valve","tag-valves-2","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":true,"span_bottom":"