Finally stopped fighting with my sprinkler timer after I tried this one thing

I spent like 3 summers messing with that Orbit timer from Home Depot (you know, the one with the tiny buttons). Turns out it wasn't the timer at all - the solenoid on my back zone valve was just old and sticky. Replaced it for $12 at Ace Hardware on Central and now everything runs perfect. Anyone else waste money on timers when the real problem was a $12 part?

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the_alice8d ago

Read somewhere that cheap timers are basically built to break after a year.

viola_butler8d ago

Ever tried just replacing the capacitor inside?