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remenakb

Backflow preventer rattle

remenakb
9 years ago

Hello everyone,

I have a RainBird irrigation system watering my lanw and one zone is a drip line for my plant beds. I have recently tapped into the drip line and extended it to water additional beds that I just put in. And now whenever the drip zone runs there is a loud rattle sound coming from the backflow preventer. The entire system is only about 1 years old and the backflow preventer is about 2 years old, with the house that is the same age. I don't think it is pipes rattling. I have checked that and the sound is coming from the backflow preventer.

Does anyone know what could cause this? Is there some backflow pressure that I introduced into the system by extending the drip line? I extended it maybe 75 feet. Any ideas on how to fix this or what I may need to add to the system?

Thank you.

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