Rain Bird R-VAN14 A84659 8'-14' Radius Variable Arc Nozzle - Low Rate Rotors?

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Brad Kittredge

July 24, 2018 12:43

I just replaced the popup spray nozzles in a couple of my zones with these new Rain Bird R-VAN nozzles.  I would guess that they need to be configured as "Rotors Low Rate".  Is that the case?  I'm running on beta firmware (4.0.945).  Any guidance would be appreciated.

Thanks.

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  Brandon Moyer July 24, 2018 16:32

  Rotors Low Rate, is perfect. The Sprinkler head typically effects the "Suggested Times" and won't make a difference if using "Custom" times over "Suggested times" 

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  RainMachine Nicholas July 25, 2018 08:19

  RainBird has complete specs for their sprinkler heads. You can set them up perfectly using the chart on page 2 from this document: 

  https://www.rainbird.com/sites/default/files/media/documents/2018-04/R-VAN-Tech-Spec_0.pdf

  https://www.rainbird.com/sites/default/files/media/documents/2018-04/R-VAN-Tech-Spec-Metric.pdf

  You need to know the pressure of your installation, arc and radius, then you can set the Sprinkler Head to Custom and enter that Precipitation Rate value and also increase the Application Efficiency.

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  Brad Kittredge July 26, 2018 02:09

  Thanks for the info. I’ll set them as Rotors Low Rate for now. Once I figure out how to determine the pressure of my system, I can set the customizations. Thanks again.

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