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Downloadable Files
Controller Valve Troubleshooting Flow Chart

This is a 3 page MS Word document that you can download. The flow chart covers irrigation controllers with no display, controllers that will not activate valves, irrigation valves that will not open or barely open and valves that will not close.
Irrigation Controller Cost Benefit Analysis

This spread sheet allows you to compare the cost of 2 different irrigation controllers versus their water savings relative to the difference in cost for the more expensive controller.
Base Schedule Worksheet

Once you have completed an irrigation audit, this spread sheet will help deterimine the base watering schedule by filling in a few of the cells with information from the audit.
Solenoid Ohm Readings

This one page download is a list of solenoids, with pictures, that give the average ohm reading for good solenoids. If the resistance reading is much lower than the average, either the wiring or solenoid is beginning to short out. If the reading is much higher, accounting for unusually long wire runs, the solenoid and or wiring is starting to deteriorate.
Landscape Lighting Planner

This document gives general guidlines for the length of wire runs from the low voltage landscape lighting transformer given the total wattage of the landscape lights.
Adjusting Sprinklers for Sustainable Coverage

Seminar outline that discusses the challenges and solutions for adjusting an irrigation system in a maturing landscape. While many of the topics address larger commercial systems the same principles can be applied to smaller irrigation systems.