Sprinkler wire break repair in Pearland
A zone that's gone completely dead — with no leak and no broken head — is almost always a wiring fault. We trace it and splice it right.
When a zone goes dead and nothing looks wrong
If a zone won't fire and there's no leak, no stuck valve, and the heads look fine, the signal isn't reaching the valve. Somewhere between the controller and that zone, a wire is cut, corroded, or disconnected.
It happens more than people think — a shovel or auger nicks a wire during landscaping, a fence post goes straight through a line, aeration tines catch a shallow run, or rodents chew the insulation. The break is usually underground and invisible, which is exactly why it needs the right tools to find.
Signs of a wire break
Wiring faults look like valve problems until you test the signal.
- One or more zones completely dead, no response
- Zones stopped working after digging or fence work
- The controller shows a fault or 'no current' on a zone
- Multiple zones quit at once (a shared common wire)
- Intermittent zones that work some days, not others
- Recent landscaping, aeration, or trenching nearby
Traced with a locator, spliced to last
We confirm the controller is actually sending a signal, then use a wire locator to follow the run underground and pinpoint exactly where the break is — no trenching up the whole yard hoping to find it.
Once we find it, we repair the break with waterproof, direct-burial connectors so it doesn't corrode and fail again next season. Then we run the zone to confirm the signal is back and the valve fires on command.
- Controller signal verified first
- Underground wire tracing with a locator
- Waterproof, direct-burial splices
- Shared common-wire faults found
- Solenoid wiring checked at the valve
- Zone re-tested before we leave
Dead zone?
We'll trace the break and get the signal flowing again.
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