Irrigation Start-Up and Shut-Down Record
Start the season by walking every zone while it runs, and end it with a shut-down on record. Faults are written against their zone, so nothing is forgotten by spring.
GG-23 2 pages
Garden and growing · GG-22
Irrigation Valve, Zone and Controller Record
A free printable irrigation system record: where each valve is buried, what each zone waters, wire colours, every controller program and a log of changes.
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2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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What this sheet is for
Find a buried valve again and put a reset controller back exactly as it was. Every program, start time and run time is written down before anything is changed.
Who it is for
Homeowners with an automatic irrigation system, gardeners and the contractors who service them.
How to use it
- Fill in the controller details and where the main isolation valve and backflow device are.
- For each station, write what it waters and measure its valve box from two fixed points.
- Copy each program's days, start times and seasonal adjust from the controller, and each station's run times.
- Photograph the controller screen as well.
- Log every change, with why and who made it.
What is on the sheet
2 pages, in this order:
Page 1
Printed under the title: Where each zone valve is buried and what it waters, how the controller is programmed and every change made, so a fault can be traced and a reset controller put back exactly as it was.
Measured from things that stay put. Measure each valve box from two fixed points that will not move, a house corner or a gate post, and write both distances. Photograph the controller's screen for each program before you change anything. Run times are your own, set from a catch-can test or your guide.
Write-on lines: Property · Controller make · Model · Stations · Controller location · Backup battery: type, changed on · Manual kept · Rain or soil sensor · Main isolation valve · Backflow device location
Zones and valves — wire colour as at the controller terminal
Also printed: Run time per program · Station · Waters · Type · Valve location · Box marker · Wire · beds, lawn, pots · spray, rotor, drip · distances from two fixed points · lid, stake · colour · min
Page 2
Programs — as set on the controller; photograph the screen too
Also printed: Program · Days · Start 1 · Start 2 · Start 3 · Seasonal adjust · Used in · weekdays, odd or even, every few days · time · % as set · months or season
Changes — every change to a program, a valve, a head or the wiring
Also printed: Date · What changed · Why · station, program, part · fault, season, new planting · name
Questions
Why measure valve boxes from two points?
One distance gives a circle; two distances from fixed points, such as a house corner and a gate post, give one spot. Lids get buried under mulch and turf, and two measurements find them again without digging up the lawn.
Why are no run times suggested?
Run times depend on the heads, the soil, the planting and the season. Set them from a catch-can test or your guide and write them here, so the record holds your settings rather than a general figure.
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