WeatherTRAK ET Pro3 Getting Started Manual - page 27
WeatherTRAK Troubleshooting Guide
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Alert Type
Abbr.
Severity Definition/Possible Causes
Controller Action
Possible Remedies
How to Clear
Extended
Leak*
EX
Major
FlowhasexceededtheLeakDetect
thresholdcontinuouslyforthe
extended leak period.
Possiblecauses:
•Someoneisusingaquickcoupler
orhosebib.
•Astuckopenvalve.
•Abrokenmainlinefitting.
Thecontrollercloses
aNormallyOpenMas-
terValveandraisesan
ExtendedLeakAlert.
Thenextirrigation
willstartasscheduled
butthealertwillnot
beclearedautomati-
cally.
•Repairanyvalves,quickcouplersor
hosebibs.
•Preventtheunauthorizeduseofa
quickcouplerorhosebib.
Atthecontroller,selecttheALERTSmenu.
ViewtheFLOWSTATUSscreen.Pressthe*
buttontoclearallflowalerts.
or
GotoManagepageinWeatherTRAK.netand
select“ClearFlowandElectricalalerts”
Seenotebelowabouttheautomaticclearing
oftheflowalerts.
Leak
LK
Major
FlowhasexceededtheLeakDetect
thresholdforthefirstleakdelay
period.
Possiblecauses:
•Someoneisusingaquickcoupler
orhosebib.
•Avalveisnotclosingcompletely
andisleaking.
•Amainlinefittinghasacrackand
isleaking.
•Amainlinepipehasdevelopeda
slowleak.
•Aquickcouplerisstuckpartially
openorahosebibhasbeenleft
open.
Thisisaninformation-
onlyalert.Noaction
willbetakenonthe
controller.
•Repairanyvalves,quickcouplersor
hosebibs.Preventtheunauthorized
useofaquickcouplerorhosebib.
Atthecontroller,selecttheALERTSmenu.
ViewtheFLOWSTATUSscreen.Pressthe*
buttontoclearallflowalerts.
or
GotoManagepageinWeatherTRAK.netand
select“ClearFlowandElectricalalerts”
Seenotebelowabouttheautomaticclearing
oftheflowalerts.
ValveShort
SH
Major
Thecurrentdrawforassinglevalve
solenoidhasexceeded3.0amps.
Possiblecauses:
•Afailingsolenoid.
•Anickedwireisexposedtowet
soil.
•Abrokenwirehasbeenexposedto
wetsoil.
Thecontrollerstops
irrigationforthespe-
cificvalveandraises
aValveShortAlerton
thevalve.Ifthevalve
istheMasterValve,all
irrigationstops.Ifitis
thePumpStartvalve,
irrigationstopsun-
lesstheprogramhas
PumpStartExcluded.
•Disconnectthesolenoidfromthefield
wireandconductanOhmstesttoseeif
solenoidisdefective.IfOhmsreadingis
lessthan10Ohmsreplacethesolenoid.
•Useawiretrackertolocateafieldwire
spliceandreplace.
•Lookforobvioussignsofsitedisrup-
tionthatcouldhaveleadtomechanical
damagetoafieldwire.Replacethe
fieldwire.
Atthecontroller,selecttheALERTSmenu.
ViewtheVALVESTATUSscreen.Pressthe*
buttontoclearallvalvealerts.
or
GotoManagepageinWeatherTRAK.netand
select“ClearFlowandElectricalalerts”.
Seenotebelowabouttheautomaticclearing
ofvalvealerts.
System Alerts continued