How To series - step by step guide to strip down a sprinkler
In the next irrigation video in our How To Series, Wes Henshaw, National Golf Sales Manager for K.A.R. UK Ltd, gives a step by step guide on stripping down a sprinkler.
Quick checklist:
- Remove the riser
- Check inside to ensure all areas where the seals sit are clean - take a bucket of water if you're out in the field
- Make sure the system is de-pressurised
- Take out the bottom valve
- Check the mechanism - particularly the seals to ensure they're not damaged or full of grime
- Clear away any debris from the rock screen
- Check there is no debris in the Pitot tube at the bottom
- Once it's all clear, put the device back together
- Follow the manufacturers guide and line up the tube with the Pitot tube in the bottom. Make sure it's all secure
- Put the riser back in, ensuring you locate where the nozzle is firing
- When it's all back together, re-pressurise the system
All the information provided is transferrable across all sprinkler types.
There are other videos in the How to Series including:
Setting cylinder mower on cut
Pre-start checks for a ride-on mower
Pre-start checks on a pedestrian cylinder
mower
Setting height of cut on a cylinder mower
Storing machines away for winter
Back-lap a pedestrian cylinder mower
The importance of using the correct sprinkler
nozzle
Step by step guide to replacing a sprinkler
Basic maintenance on a solenoid valve