After spending an hour outside, thinking I could solve adjustment techniques on my own, I gave up! Thanks for tor short, concise, yet completely informative video!
I should have had the installer guy show me how to adjust the right side arc stop on these PGPs since they don't clearly explain it anywhere that I could find on the Hunter website, but you answered my question visually. He set most of the system up great, but two of them rotate a bit too far onto the driveway. Thanks buddy. ;-D
Really good explanation. I wasn't aware that one can adjust the right arc by turning the whole turet - very useful and I wonder why this isn't described in the manual. Thanks for the video, old one but still useful :)
Rendio, Man, you are analyzing how these things work, I'm impressed! Marlex pvc 90's or Poly nipples that the heads thread onto are rated for leak free operation hand tight. By spinning the head you are tightening or loosening the head slightly on the inlet threads, not rounding the ratchet mechanism. Thanks for the comments and Good luck with the yard! JW
Great job on the video, the instructions are vague at best, but your directions were spot on, adjusted mine in a matter of 30 minutes after watching the video. Thanks, saved me a service call.
Excellent explanation just I have a question, can we use the blue nozzles from the ULTRA in the PGP model? does the blue nozzles make the water curtain better than the red one's? thanks in advance
Thank you finally someone that explains in detail. I will try this and update once I get a chance, I do have one question if you don't mind, my two septic sprinklers have a sleeve that covers the body of the sprinkler, but it keeps breaking and waters gusher out, what can I do about this? I was thinking pipe insulation but you the expert and I thank you for your recommendations.
Hello. I can't speak to the heads you are having trouble with do not remember any having sleeves but you could put new hunter PGP heads on the septic line. I have seen these heads used in that application. Hope thiis helps!
Excellent video Justin. Thank you for posting. Quick question ? Using the same sprinkler headas an example, mine stopped rotating but is spraying great. I can manually rotate it, but it won't rotate automatically. Any suggestions ?
Hi Janey. I'll include a link to the tool however if you look closely you can use a regular screwdriver and a alan wrench, just need to be the right size. Good luck! www.amazon.com/Hunter-55070-PGP-Adjustment-Tool/dp/B000678LJY
I needed your video to figure out that the bow tie shaped end of the adjuster tool is NOT the end to insert through the hole with the bow tie out line. Nay nay, the bow tie tool goes through the circle, the Allen key goes through the bow tie. What is manufacturers logic behind the markings? Anyhow, I can now adjust the azimuth just as the presenter has shown. However, the Allen key is not finding anything at bottom of hole to engage. How common is it for a range adjustment screw to be missing or incompletely formed? My new head continues to shoot at max range until I can find out how to get Allen key engaged or I dig this new head out of the ground and try a different brand.
Howdy goodaches! The aduster screw gets filled with dirt and debris. You can take a can of compresser air and blow into the adjuster screw to clear. Hope that helps!
Justin, what happens if you try to adjust the arc (+/-) without holding the turret at the right stop? Also, it is okay to hold the turret in place at the right stop when the water is on?
Scott Truskowski Hi Scott. If you have the turret at the left stop (the stop you are adjusting) it will be difficult to adjust. Better to keep it nearer the right stop (non adjustable side) while adjusting where the left stop terminates, then rotate to check. Don't hold the turret for long with the water on or you might strip the plastic gears. You want to let it go back and forth switching from forward to reverse while you are adjusting it without going against the plastic gears. If it's not wanting to turn one direction go the other until you get to full stop. Thanks for watching. Justin
Hi Rich. You can rotate the head from the threads is the easiest. The riser does have the ability to rachet near where it meets base but it is difficult to ratchet. We normally grab the base with a big pair of channel locks and rotate on the threads if you cannot do so by hand. Hope this helps!
Colleen Connors Hi Colleen! You can use a small regular screwdriver and a hex key for the radius adjustment. Here is a link to buy one on Amazon www.amazon.com/Hunter-55070-PGP-Adjustment-Tool/dp/B000678LJY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1431437946&sr=8-1&keywords=hunter+pgp+tool Also If you are by our shop at 3560 East University Ave in Georgetown stop by and we will give you one. Thank you for watching my video. Justin
I was trying to adjust my sprinkler head and turned it right then left a few times to see where I wanted it adjusted and now it wont arc left to right, it stays in one place. Is there something I did wrong that can be corrected?
Hi Jack. The turret has a right and left stop. When you are turning it you must turn completely full right and cycle fully left to test the arc. 2:32 in the video explains do not force the plastic gears it should turn easily in the correct direction. Only thing I can think of is the gear is stripped or missing a tooth. May be time to swap out for a new one.
Scott, Sorry for the late reply. We generally use 7's thru 9's. The textbook answer would be match the flow rates based on the area. For example 1.5 gallons per minute on quarters, 3 gallons per minute on halfs, and 6 gallons per minute on fulls. That would be 5's, 7's and 9s. Hope this helps!
I changed my landscape around from my original sprinkler install. I need my pgp to spray a little less than 90° or 1/4 spray pattern is that possible? Can I adjust the radius for 90° or less
Hi Ryan, Sorry for the late reply. I'd grab a spare head. Sometimes home depot carries a re-branded hunter (think they are labeled orbit) that come with a key. In a bind you can use a regular screwdriver and allen wrench. Hope this helps.
Hi George. Huge range depnding on pump, impeller and many other factors. Best bet is to reference the pump flow chart for whatever specific pump you have.
Hi Al. Some of the rotors are Fixed 360 and cannot be adjusted. If turns in one constant circle, Is a hunter PGP, and never reverses it likely will need to be changed out. Hope this helps. Justin
I guess I am lost as to how to do the radius on the left side. The right side I understand but the left side is the side I need to do and I just don't see how it is done!
Sorry for the late reply. Left side you spin the head either on the threads or the internal ratchet by grabbing the head just above the seal with the head in the raised position. Hope this helps.
...why would anyone loosen the housing to adjust either stop; as you loosen they connection to the line, it will only leak...?? Can anyone tell me how to do this correctly???????
Hi Scott. Most have a self sealing marlex 90 or poly nipple below the head. If you would like to be super detailed you could throw teflon on the threads and tighten the head until you get the left stop where you want it to be. 99% of heads in the field do not have this and I know of no contractors that install that way. General consensus seems to be because it is non-full time pressure, it is an emission device that is watering the landscape, and the seals leak by a minimal amount of water over thinking the seal at the bottom is not necessary. Hope that helps.
One of my rotor heads won't move back once it goes to the left it just stops. I was regulating the flow of water with that one and got it where I wanted it and then it just stopped revolving back and forth. Can you tell me how to get it back to rotating again? Thanks!
Hi, when you adjust the right stop, i notice you grab the shaft below the turret and then with a small amount of pressure adjust it left or right. Arent you still forcing those little teeth on the bottom of the shaft to move against the position they are wedged into? At this video they say adjust the right stop by moving the entire unit, ie grip the outside body and make it swivel by it moving on the nipple that attaches it to the pvc mainline. see here ua-cam.com/video/hf6CmXlB5ns/v-deo.htmlm47s At this video ua-cam.com/video/d4c0IjeyYek/v-deo.htmlm13s it mentions a 2nd method, whereby you undo the housing and take out the shaft and turrent, then lower it back in with the right stop and arrow facing the correct direction. Your method seems to be a 3rd alternative, whereby one is ignoring the whole housing but just forcing that shaft to move a tiny bit left or right whilst leaving the turrent alone. I pulled out one of these shafts and there is teeth on the bottom of them, your method will slowly blunt or round off those teeth against the slight protrusions in the housing they wedge into? I assume those teeth dont do much but keep the shaft in one spot and not turning and maybe adjustments are so infrequent that it doesnt matter, even if technically speaking , one is rounding off the teeth with your method. Thankyou
BEFORE YOU READ THE INSTRUCTIONS YOU CAN ONLY ADJUST THE ARC WITH THE HEAD OF THE ROTOR EXTENDED OUT. Simply, adjust the arc with the WATER ON to allow the rotor to extend up to make the adjustment by rotating the turet all the way to the right and then insert the tool into the opening to seat it and rotate it to the plus side or the minus side. Get your instructions in order Hunter and don't leave out the first step to allow all the other steps to follow. Get it? . It is like going for a test ride in a new car with no gas in the tank. Shame on you.
After spending an hour outside, thinking I could solve adjustment techniques on my own, I gave up! Thanks for tor short, concise, yet completely informative video!
Even 10 years later, this is a helpful video! Thank you!
Really well done explanation, especially on arc adjustment. Brief, insightful, thorough and clear. Thank you.
Best video on adjusting the Hunter PGP sprinkler. Thank you.
I watched several videos for this adjustment and you had by far the best. Thanks!
You are a good instructor. The best instruction out of 4 professional irrigation companies.
That was really good. I'm revisiting a system I set up years ago in my yard and forgot all the PGP secrets! Thank you very much very good.
I should have had the installer guy show me how to adjust the right side arc stop on these PGPs since they don't clearly explain it anywhere that I could find on the Hunter website, but you answered my question visually. He set most of the system up great, but two of them rotate a bit too far onto the driveway. Thanks buddy. ;-D
The best explanation for this model. Period.
Really good explanation. I wasn't aware that one can adjust the right arc by turning the whole turet - very useful and I wonder why this isn't described in the manual.
Thanks for the video, old one but still useful :)
Rendio,
Man, you are analyzing how these things work, I'm impressed! Marlex pvc 90's or Poly nipples that the heads thread onto are rated for leak free operation hand tight. By spinning the head you are tightening or loosening the head slightly on the inlet threads, not rounding the ratchet mechanism.
Thanks for the comments and Good luck with the yard!
JW
Thank you! Just what I needed and a very straight forward explanation.
Great job on the video, the instructions are vague at best, but your directions were spot on, adjusted mine in a matter of 30 minutes after watching the video. Thanks, saved me a service call.
Excellent video. Very helpful adjusting my rotors.
Perfect explanation!! Not much talking
Just what I needed to change the way the water goes. I video and greatly appreciate it.
This is the most clearly stated of all. Thank you.
Thanks. Very helpful tutorial.
Great video, simple and complete. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks!! us girls getting it done....with your help!...Good clear instructions!
excellent video!!
Excellent explanation just I have a question, can we use the blue nozzles from the ULTRA in the PGP model? does the blue nozzles make the water curtain better than the red one's? thanks in advance
Hi Luis
The ultra nozzles are different I believe however they do make a blue nozzle tree that will fit the standard pgp. Hope this helps!
Great Video, Very Helpful Thanks
good
Thank you finally someone that explains in detail. I will try this and update once I get a chance, I do have one question if you don't mind, my two septic sprinklers have a sleeve that covers the body of the sprinkler, but it keeps breaking and waters gusher out, what can I do about this? I was thinking pipe insulation but you the expert and I thank you for your recommendations.
Hello. I can't speak to the heads you are having trouble with do not remember any having sleeves but you could put new hunter PGP heads on the septic line. I have seen these heads used in that application. Hope thiis helps!
Thanks. Great video. Lots of help
Thank you your instruction is appreciated.
Excellent video Justin. Thank you for posting. Quick question ? Using the same sprinkler headas an example, mine stopped rotating but is spraying great. I can manually rotate it, but it won't rotate automatically. Any suggestions ?
Hi Chuck
Typically what they stop rotating it indicates the plastic gears inside are missing teeth. I’d swap it for a new one.
Hope that helps
Justin
Very informative video
Hunter and Rain Bird are both great.
Great job! Best video by far!
thx was very helpfull
Awesome vid, thanks
Thank you, sir, for the excellent job
Loved the video, but have a question about what did you use to cut the ridges in the PVC tool you made to unscrew the sprinkler head?
Hi Janey. I'll include a link to the tool however if you look closely you can use a regular screwdriver and a alan wrench, just need to be the right size. Good luck! www.amazon.com/Hunter-55070-PGP-Adjustment-Tool/dp/B000678LJY
Thank you.
Thank you Justin!
I needed your video to figure out that the bow tie shaped end of the adjuster tool is NOT the end to insert through the hole with the bow tie out line. Nay nay, the bow tie tool goes through the circle, the Allen key goes through the bow tie. What is manufacturers logic behind the markings?
Anyhow, I can now adjust the azimuth just as the presenter has shown. However, the Allen key is not finding anything at bottom of hole to engage. How common is it for a range adjustment screw to be missing or incompletely formed? My new head continues to shoot at max range until I can find out how to get Allen key engaged or I dig this new head out of the ground and try a different brand.
Howdy goodaches! The aduster screw gets filled with dirt and debris. You can take a can of compresser air and blow into the adjuster screw to clear. Hope that helps!
excellent
Outstanding, thank you!
Great job
How do fix the rotation of the head. Mine goes part way and then stops. I can manually turn it 180 degrees so I just need to rotate 180.
Counter-Clockwise reduces the arc of sprinkler head.
Justin, what happens if you try to adjust the arc (+/-) without holding the turret at the right stop? Also, it is okay to hold the turret in place at the right stop when the water is on?
Scott Truskowski Hi Scott. If you have the turret at the left stop (the stop you are adjusting) it will be difficult to adjust. Better to keep it nearer the right stop (non adjustable side) while adjusting where the left stop terminates, then rotate to check. Don't hold the turret for long with the water on or you might strip the plastic gears. You want to let it go back and forth switching from forward to reverse while you are adjusting it without going against the plastic gears. If it's not wanting to turn one direction go the other until you get to full stop. Thanks for watching. Justin
Very helpful, thanks!
great tutorial
Thanks, this helped.
You said in order to adjust right stop, rotate the whole head but it looked like you only rotated the pop up riser.
Hi Rich. You can rotate the head from the threads is the easiest. The riser does have the ability to rachet near where it meets base but it is difficult to ratchet. We normally grab the base with a big pair of channel locks and rotate on the threads if you cannot do so by hand. Hope this helps!
@@justinwilson1779 great, thank you Justin
Thank you!
How can I get that plastic tool that you use?? Is there anything else I can use instead??
Colleen Connors Hi Colleen! You can use a small regular screwdriver and a hex key for the radius adjustment. Here is a link to buy one on Amazon www.amazon.com/Hunter-55070-PGP-Adjustment-Tool/dp/B000678LJY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1431437946&sr=8-1&keywords=hunter+pgp+tool
Also If you are by our shop at 3560 East University Ave in Georgetown stop by and we will give you one.
Thank you for watching my video. Justin
I was trying to adjust my sprinkler head and turned it right then left a few times to see where I wanted it adjusted and now it wont arc left to right, it stays in one place. Is there something I did wrong that can be corrected?
Hi Jack. The turret has a right and left stop. When you are turning it you must turn completely full right and cycle fully left to test the arc. 2:32 in the video explains do not force the plastic gears it should turn easily in the correct direction. Only thing I can think of is the gear is stripped or missing a tooth. May be time to swap out for a new one.
Good video
question, what flow insert is the best for distance and fan
Scott,
Sorry for the late reply. We generally use 7's thru 9's. The textbook answer would be match the flow rates based on the area. For example 1.5 gallons per minute on quarters, 3 gallons per minute on halfs, and 6 gallons per minute on fulls. That would be 5's, 7's and 9s. Hope this helps!
I changed my landscape around from my original sprinkler install. I need my pgp to spray a little less than 90° or 1/4 spray pattern is that possible? Can I adjust the radius for 90° or less
Hi Ryan! They will do less than 90. Seems like somewhere around 45 is the minimum. Good luck. Justin
Thanks for the response...any idea where I can get this hunter key..home depot is out of stock and amazon wants 5.50 for a .67 cent plastic part
Hi Ryan,
Sorry for the late reply. I'd grab a spare head. Sometimes home depot carries a re-branded hunter (think they are labeled orbit) that come with a key. In a bind you can use a regular screwdriver and allen wrench.
Hope this helps.
Thanks bud!
How many gpm on 1hp pump
Hi George. Huge range depnding on pump, impeller and many other factors. Best bet is to reference the pump flow chart for whatever specific pump you have.
my rotor is set at 360 how do I adjust to do 180
Hi Al. Some of the rotors are Fixed 360 and cannot be adjusted. If turns in one constant circle, Is a hunter PGP, and never reverses it likely will need to be changed out. Hope this helps. Justin
I guess I am lost as to how to do the radius on the left side. The right side I understand but the left side is the side I need to do and I just don't see how it is done!
Sorry for the late reply. Left side you spin the head either on the threads or the internal ratchet by grabbing the head just above the seal with the head in the raised position. Hope this helps.
...why would anyone loosen the housing to adjust either stop; as you loosen they connection to the line, it will only leak...?? Can anyone tell me how to do this correctly???????
Hi Scott. Most have a self sealing marlex 90 or poly nipple below the head. If you would like to be super detailed you could throw teflon on the threads and tighten the head until you get the left stop where you want it to be. 99% of heads in the field do not have this and I know of no contractors that install that way.
General consensus seems to be because it is non-full time pressure, it is an emission device that is watering the landscape, and the seals leak by a minimal amount of water over thinking the seal at the bottom is not necessary.
Hope that helps.
Thanks.
One of my rotor heads won't move back once it goes to the left it just stops. I was regulating the flow of water with that one and got it where I wanted it and then it just stopped revolving back and forth. Can you tell me how to get it back to rotating again? Thanks!
Hi Thanks for watching. The internal gears or mechanisms are most likely stripped out. Sounds like the rotor needs to be replaced.
2:04 You did not turn towards the plus
Video actually starts at 51 seconds in.
Hi, when you adjust the right stop, i notice you grab the shaft below the turret and then with a small amount of pressure adjust it left or right.
Arent you still forcing those little teeth on the bottom of the shaft to move against the position they are wedged into?
At this video they say adjust the right stop by moving the entire unit, ie grip the outside body and make it swivel by it moving on the nipple that attaches it to the pvc mainline. see here ua-cam.com/video/hf6CmXlB5ns/v-deo.htmlm47s
At this video ua-cam.com/video/d4c0IjeyYek/v-deo.htmlm13s it mentions a 2nd method, whereby you undo the housing and take out the shaft and turrent, then lower it back in with the right stop and arrow facing the correct direction.
Your method seems to be a 3rd alternative, whereby one is ignoring the whole housing but just forcing that shaft to move a tiny bit left or right whilst leaving the turrent alone. I pulled out one of these shafts and there is teeth on the bottom of them, your method will slowly blunt or round off those teeth against the slight protrusions in the housing they wedge into?
I assume those teeth dont do much but keep the shaft in one spot and not turning and maybe adjustments are so infrequent that it doesnt matter, even if technically speaking , one is rounding off the teeth with your method. Thankyou
BEFORE YOU READ THE INSTRUCTIONS YOU CAN ONLY ADJUST THE ARC WITH THE HEAD OF THE ROTOR EXTENDED OUT. Simply, adjust the arc with the WATER ON to allow the rotor to extend up to make the adjustment by rotating the turet all the way to the right and then insert the tool into the opening to seat it and rotate it to the plus side or the minus side. Get your instructions in order Hunter and don't leave out the first step to allow all the other steps to follow. Get it? . It is like going for a test ride in a new car with no gas in the tank. Shame on you.
It would be clearer if you didn't keep your hand in the way !
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