CONTROLLER CHARTS, CONTROL SYSTEM, CONSECUTIVE STATION OPERATION, IRRIGATION PROGRAM, SITE PIPING SYSTEM MATERIAL, DEFECTS OR IMPERFECTIONS, VINYL POLYMER, ADHESIVE SOLVENT, PRIMER, AND LUBRICATING SUBSTANCE, AS COUNSELED BY THE MANUFACTURER,

CONTROLLER CHARTS, CONTROL SYSTEM, CONSECUTIVE STATION OPERATION, IRRIGATION PROGRAM, SITE PIPING SYSTEM MATERIAL, DEFECTS OR IMPERFECTIONS, VINYL POLYMER, ADHESIVE SOLVENT, PRIMER, AND LUBRICATING SUBSTANCE, AS COUNSELED BY THE MANUFACTURER,

CONTROLLER CHARTS, CONTROL SYSTEM, CONSECUTIVE STATION OPERATION, IRRIGATION PROGRAM, SITE PIPING SYSTEM MATERIAL, DEFECTS OR IMPERFECTIONS, VINYL POLYMER, ADHESIVE SOLVENT, PRIMER, AND LUBRICATING SUBSTANCE, AS COUNSELED BY THE MANUFACTURER,

E.            look take a look at Reports: offer (2) copies every of look take a look at reports for system.

 

  F.          Controller Charts:

 

1.            Prepare a map diagram showing location of all valves, mainlines, the route of management wiring and therefore the supply of electrical power offer. determine all valves on size AND gate range. Submit diagram to the Owner for approval. As-built drawings should be approved by the Owner before charts ar ready.

 

2.            offer controller charts for every Field management Module (FCM) put in, showing the realm lined by the FCM, and therefore the most size the FCM enclosure door can accommodate. The chart is to be a drawing of the particular as-built system, reduced to a size which will be decipherable once reduced.

 

3.            The chart are going to be blackline print with a distinct color accustomed indicate areas controlled by every circuit. once completed and approved, the chart shall be hermetically sealed between 2 (2) items of plastic, every bit being a minimum of twenty mils thick. The chart should be completed and approved before the ultimate examination of the irrigation system.

 

4.            The chart shall be mounted to the within of the FCM enclosure door victimization AN approved mastic or fastening system.

 

  G.         FCM operative Program:

 

1.            total thoroughly a whole operative program for the FCM, together with station operation period and sequencing, supported the standards provided within the approved look drawings and therefore the style analyses, in consultation with Owner landscaping staff.

 

 

PART two - merchandise

 

2.1          MATERIALS

 

  A.          the utilization of a manufacturer's name and model or catalog range is barely for the aim of building the quality of quality. alternative merchandise are going to be thought-about as equal by the Owner.

 

  B.          Electrical material and instrumentality shall be designed or elite for the positioning conditions as per Section 16010.

 

2.2          CONTROL SYSTEM

 

  A.          Field management Modules (FCM) shall be automatic irrigation, solid state data processor controllers housed during a weather proof, lockable cupboard and mounted on a lockable pedestal.  Controller cupboard and pedestal shall be corrosion resistant epoxy painted steel with steel hinged doors and master-keyed locks (see Paragraph two.12).

 

  B.          every FCM shall have the subsequent options and characteristics:

 

1.            4, 8, 12, 16, twenty four or thirty two stations with temporal order capability of zero - ninety nine minutes (in 1-minute increments)    or 0-9.9 hours (in zero.1 hour increments) per station. Stations shall have multi-valve operation capability for up to four (4) 24-volt AC magnet valves and shall have freelance station programming.

 

2.            Consecutive station operation with automatic starts of up to four (4) per day for every station.  The programming schedule shall be primarily based upon a variable 8-day cycle for each day, each alternative day, each third day, etc.  Single station operation, station advance key, and manual override operation shall be provided.

 

3.            Water budgeting system whereby the temporal order for all stations could also be varied from twenty fifth to three hundredth (in twenty fifth increments) of the set program for all stations, with one programming entry.

 

4.            Remote master management capability such all FCMs could also be joined (in the future) to a centralized master programming controller.

 

5.            Electrical Characteristics:  Input needed – 127 V AC, sixty Hz; output - twenty six.5 volt, 60 Hz, 1.5 A; fuse - one.5A holding, 2.5A break; U.L. listed and tested.  Controller shall have primary lightning electrical surge protection.

 

6.            equipment failure program-protection backup shall be provided by a (rechargeable) storage battery and trickle charging electronic equipment to take care of the irrigation program for up to twenty four hours throughout primary equipment failure.  Controller shall even have a built- in watering schedule to control every station double per day (12 hours apart) for five minute period once the irrigation program is lost thanks to extended equipment failure.

 

  C.          Field management Modules (FCM) shall be Model ESP-ML sort by Rain Bird mechanical device producing Corporation or approved equal.

 

  D.          FCM pedestal shall be PED sixteen or 24/32 by Rain Bird mechanical device producing Corporation, or approved equal.

 

2.3          SITE PIPING SYSTEM MATERIAL

 

  A.          Individual sorts of pipe, hose, and fittings provided ar to be of identical manufacturer unless otherwise approved.

 

  B.          All pipe shall be freed from blisters, internal striations, cracks, or the other defects or imperfections.  The pipe shall be unceasingly and for good marked with the manufacturer's name, material sort, size, schedule or category, and internal control identifications.  All inject and lateral pipe shall be manufacturing plant colored white for non- potable line identification.

 

  C.          Pipe, Sleeves, and Fittings:

 

1.            Pipe, and fittings and bell adapters shall be category V, vinyl polymer (PVC), as per Section 02622. Association bolts shall be sort 316 chrome steel or approved equal.

 

2.            Wash entire interior surface and firmly seal ends of all offer piping before shipping.

 

3.            Sleeves shall be category III and 2 nominal sizes larger than the pipe being sleeved.

 

  D.          Pipe association Materials:

 

1.            Adhesive solvent, primer, and lubricating substance, as counseled by the manufacturer.

 

2.            Joint compound for rib connections:  PTFE tape; or approved equal.

 

3.            All cans of solvents and primers shall have labels intact and shall be sealed with the date of manufacture.  No cans dated over 2 years previous are going to be allowable.

 

4.            No dilution of solvent or primer in any manner some are going to be allowable.

 

5.            Bolt-up Sets:  All bolts shall be sort 316 chrome steel, size and length pro re nata.  Gaskets shall be as counseled by instrumentality, pipe, and fitting makers.

 

  E.          Miscellaneous:

 

                1.            Non-metallic Nipples: category V vinyl polymer (PVC).

 

2.            versatile Nipples: factory-made from virgin vinyl polymer (PVC) materials. versatile hose shall accommodates ASTM D2287, Class V.  PVC fittings shall accommodates ASTM D2466. once tested at one.37 MPA (200 psi) static pressure for two hours at 21°C (70°F),    fast burst pressure take a look at shall exceed two.75 MPA (400 psi).  See details for configuration, IPS size, and length dimension. offer versatile nipples as factory-made by Excaliber Plastics, or approved equal.

 

3.            bimetallic Nipples:  Schedule forty guinea gold in correspondence with ASTM B43; normal pipe size, rib each ends.