My house has Rainbird valves and I am thinking about buying an Orbit Timer/Controller. Can you use a Rainbird valve with the Orbit Controller.
Can you use an Orbit Sprinkler Timer with Rainbird Valve
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Champion Irrigation makes a valve called the PCL-100 which is compatible with the body from the APAS-100 (and a PCL-075 which ought to fit the body of the APAS-075), which are available as of this writing.
The specific part that I got is the PCL-100-C (not sure what the C means and if the B model works in the same way).
The valve fit perfectly onto the APAS-100's body (though the wires from the solenoid were a bit of a tight fit when installing, I had to take some parts off the neighboring valve to get it screwed on). In initial testing, it seems to function just fine on the APAS-100's body.
Both the Timer and the Valves are designed for 24 VAC operation which is the standard voltage for sprinkler equipment so they should be compatible. You need to check with a voltmeter that the Timer is outputting the proper voltage and that it is present at the valves.
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Best Answer
it should work. find out what kind of rainbird valves you have, then look online to see what their voltage/current requirements are. you have to match voltages between the timer, and the timer must provide at least as much current as the valve require.