User's Manual

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Installing the controller
The installation procedure for the PC Control’s irrigation controller is the
same as conventional controllers. Make sure the controller is
unplugged.
• Choose an indoor location that allows the plug-in-style
transformer to easily reach from the electrical outlet to the
controller with its 3-wire cord. Make sure the outlet is the type
with an earth ground that will accept the 3-pronged transformer
connection.
• Drive a woodscrew into the wall at eye level and leave
approximately ¼” (6mm) of its shank showing.
• With the access panel removed, hang the controller by its rear,
keyhole slot on the screw. If the controller does not hang
securely, remove it from the wall and drive the screw a little
further into the wall. When the controller does hangs securely by
the first screw, then drive a second screw through the lower wall
mounting hole in the wiring compartment.
• The recommended field wire is 18AWG (1.0mm
2
) UF with
multiple, insulated wires within a single jacket. This cable is
insulated for direct burial and its inner wires are color coded to
simplify zone idenification.
• Route all the zone wires, the valve common wire, the Master
Valve wire (if required), any sensor wires and even zone wires for
landscape light switching (if needed) in from the field and up
through the bottom, right hand opening in the controller.
• The field wire opening has two “knockouts” to accommodate ¾”
and 1”conduit adapters if you need more room for incoming wires
or connectors.