Richdel 6-Zone Timer Has 8 Wires: Wiring the Rain Bird Replacement

Replacing Old Richdel Timer with 8 Wires Using 6-Zone Rain Bird

Old Richdel: 6 sliders, 8 zone wires (10 total with power). No labels. New Rain Bird: 6 zone terminals + power.

Why 8 Wires on a 6-Zone Timer?

Common reasons:

• Two valves on one station (doubled up).
• Master valve/pump start wire (counts as a zone wire).
• Spare/unused wires.

Wiring the New Controller

1. Identify common wire (usually white, connects to all valves). Connect to "C" or "COM".
2. Identify zone wires (one per valve). Connect to 1,2,3... on new timer.
3. Power wires to "L1/L2" or "HOT/NEU".
4. Extra wires? Cap off with waterproof nuts.

Tip

Old timer terminals should be numbered. Match wires by terminal number.