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Rain Bird PC-106PS: Dog Chewed Wires, Need Reconnection Guide

Dog pulled wires apart on Rain Bird PC-106PS with two solenoids. Wires from controller: white, red, green, black. Need to know which connects where.

Reconnection Procedure

Open controller, examine terminal strip
Identify which wire is on C (Common) terminal
Identify wires on #1 and #2 terminals

Typical Wiring (Example)

Assume: White = Common (C), Red = Zone 1, Green = Zone 2, Black = unused/spare

At Valve Box

Each solenoid has two wires - pick one from each, connect both to White (Common)
Connect Red to remaining wire on solenoid 1
Connect Green to remaining wire on solenoid 2
Black caps off unused

Key Principle

Common wire daisy-chains to ONE wire on EVERY solenoid. The other solenoid wire gets its dedicated zone wire. Polarity doesn't matter on AC solenoids.

Waterproof All Splices

Use gel-filled wire nuts or heat-shrink butt connectors. Standard wire nuts fail in valve boxes.

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