TEMPO Station Master Pro Sprinkler Valve Tester and Activator | Activate Solenoids, Chatter Solenoids, Send Tone, Locate Valve Boxes (Pro Grade Model) (24BK)

Works as described

Let me start by saying this. I was skeptical this would work for me needs after reading some of the reviews about the “quietness” of the solenoid chatter. Our 17 year old 6 zone irrigation system started having issues last year. We had 4 zones that just quit working. My son in law and I were able to locate 5 of the problem zones. They either needed new solenoids/diaphragms. We could not locate zone 6 AT ALL. We tried a wire toner, screwdriver yard probing, and so on. I called 3 different irrigation companies to quote locating the zone. The cheapest was $125 to just locate. Since the zone was working, I didn’t care, it was just driving me crazy. Well, it died a month ago, so I was at a loss. After reading reviews on the Chat r box and Clackee, I settled on this. Within 30 seconds of hookup, i heard the solenoid chatter buried underground. A quick dig, uncovered the box , and it was a $7 diaphragm fix. Make sure you have fresh batteries, and as little noise as possible. It isn’t super loud, but I could easily hear the chatter from standing 3 feet away on the solenoid completely covered in hard, Texas clay, 6 inches underground. Saved me a lot of $$$$$$

I'm having trouble to use this tool, i got it returned. On the website, it says "Free Return", however they charged me 10% restocking fee. Maybe it works on new valves, but it clearly does not on older valves. Disappointed.

I located two buried valves 250' away from the irrigation controller. I used one lead to the colored zone wire and the other lead to an 8' ground rod. I set the transmitter to send tone. I then walked the yard with the receive unit touching it to the ground. I had to use headphones. Basically I used the receive unit like a wand. I tried before without headphones. I tried before with the chatter only. (Neither worked for me) I never thought to use the receive unit in the yard tracking wire like a wand. I found both valves first try. Use brand new batteries.

Great product would be nice if it was water proof

Does the job it is supposed to do? I haven’t had any problems with it.

The manager at TEMPO station helped me save $500. My lawn irrigation system was not working and the average cost to hire a professional to fix it was $250, not including parts. However, with the help of several features available on TEMPO, I was able to diagnose and fix the issue myself for just $15.

It worked fine for a little then less then a month it stopped working.