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Wayyy off topic...

We moved into a house with a sprinkler system. Hooray!
The sprinkler system wouldn't work. Boo!
I installed a new Rainbird ISM-9 timer and it worked. Hooray!
Just came back from vacation and the lawn is brown. Boo!

The timer reads err and what looks to be a capital M or could be a backwards 7 and a forwards 7.

I looked on the rainbird site and in my manual and can't find that code.

Does anyone know what this means?

Thanks!

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Rainbird manual

Look at page 40, it seems to be saying a short in the circuit for station 7.

If that is the case, it's a shame the timer is not smart enough to simply not use station 7 and water the rest of your garden.

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Total,

Thanks for the manual link - I have it in hard copy as well.

Based on my limited experience, this is not the solution for two reasons:
1) We only have six stations so there isn't a seventh circuit.
2) The code isn't just one 7, it is two 7s. The first on is facing backwards. This is why I think it is trying to make the letter "M".

Thanks for looking!

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Page 27 talks about Err M - it's the master valve. That may explain why it was unable to water any of your garden.

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Page 27 talks about Err M - it's the master valve. That may explain why it was unable to water any of your garden.

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Where is egads when we need a good old fashioned RTFM?

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Originally posted by psu ody fan
Where is egads when we need a good old fashioned RTFM?

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Total,

Thanks for not giving a RTFM.

I did look through the manual, especially in the troubleshooting area, where I expected the codes to be.

I tried to figure out what problem may have happened with the master valve, but that is beyond me.

A call to the irrigation dude is on my agenda for tomorrow.

Thanks again!

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1997 Odyssey LX - Mystic Blue Pearl - traded for the 2002 Odyssey
1992 Accord EX - Granada Black Pearl - 231,000 miles - sold after 11 years of great service... (sniff)

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I see some fun down the road : I'm having a Rainbird system installed as part of the major landscaping work going on at my house.

And you're not that off-topic : over at www.mpvclub.com, I have an ongoing 41 page thread on the building of my house and all the work going around it.

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Irrigation dudes came out today and replaced the solenoid (sp?) of the master cylinder.

$80+ and 15 minutes later, the sprinker system works!

Thanks for the advice!

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1997 Odyssey LX - Mystic Blue Pearl - traded for the 2002 Odyssey
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