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  • March 30, 2014 at 4:41 pm #22814

    Wavy
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    Hello,

    I am trying to get OpenSprinklerPi up and running and have having some trouble. On my first attempt to turn a zone on, it turned on fine, but would not turn off. I had to unplug the OSPi to turn off the zone. I broke out the multimeter and found the first zone I would turn on measured around -24VDC (I don’t recall the AC measurement, but it was low). When I tried to turn the zone off nothing happened. If I turned a second one on, both would be on, but at a reduced voltage and neither would turn off without unplugging the OSPi. I thought I might have a web app conflict so I tried the opsi_test program. As it cycled through all the zones, it appeared they all were left on. I think this overloaded my AC transformed as it died (hopefully only it).

    Any suggestions as to what is going on?

    Thanks,
    Dave

    March 30, 2014 at 4:42 pm #26385

    Samer
    Keymaster

    Are your valves DC or AC. I believe if they are DC it could prevent them from closing.

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    March 30, 2014 at 4:53 pm #26386

    Wavy
    Member

    I believe they are standard AC valves. I honestly haven’t ever paid much attention. When one would fail, I would just replace it with a generate one from Home Depot. Should I have been seeing 24VAC on the outputs of the OSPI rather than -24VDC?

    March 30, 2014 at 9:44 pm #26387

    Wavy
    Member

    Figured it out… I had grabbed a 24VDC transformer. Replaced it with a AC transformed and everything is good.

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