Sprinkler zone not working in Clovis?
A zone that won’t turn on is one of the most common calls we get. Most of the time the valve itself is fine. The controller sends 24 volts down a buried wire to a solenoid on the valve, and somewhere along that path the signal stops.
We trace the circuit, fix the break or replace the solenoid, and test the zone from the controller.
Clovis has no hour limit on your assigned day, but most timers still run early. When one zone quits, the first sign is usually one dry patch of lawn or a planter bed that looks stressed while the rest of the yard is fine.
Step by step: finding the fault
We start at the controller, because a missing start time or a disabled station looks exactly like a broken wire. Then we test the station’s circuit with a meter: an open reading points to a cut or corroded wire, and a reading that is too low points to a shorted solenoid or damaged insulation.
Next we open the valve by hand. If water flows, the valve is good and the fault is electrical. A wire tracer follows the cable through the ground to the break, we dig only there, splice it with waterproof connectors made for direct burial, and run every zone from the controller.
Why a zone loses its signal
The usual causes are simple. Someone digs where the wire runs: a fence post, a new tree, an aerator or a trench for other work. Old splices that were twisted and taped instead of sealed corrode in wet valve boxes. Gophers chew through cable. And solenoids wear out with heat and age.
When several zones quit at once, we look at the common wire first, because every valve shares it.
Clovis at a glance
Clovis shares the Fresno area’s hot, dry summers. Plastic risers, seals and solenoids work hard through the long season, and a lawn on a failed zone shows it quickly.
Harlan Ranch, Loma Vista and Old Town are among the Clovis areas we work in.
Clovis had 120,124 residents at the 2020 census and sits at about 361 feet above sea level. Incorporated in February 1912.
The 1894 lumber flume brought a lumberyard and sawmill to Clovis Station, and the town was incorporated as a city in February 1912.
When a splice is enough, and when it isn’t
One cut, one splice: that is the usual job. But when wire is decades old, cracks when it is bent, or has been patched several times, another splice just moves the problem. In that case we explain what running new wire to those valves would involve, and you decide before we start.
Water and watering in Clovis
From April 1 to October 31, odd-numbered addresses water Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and even-numbered addresses Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, with no outdoor water use on Mondays. From November 1 to March 31, odd addresses water Saturday only and even addresses Sunday only. Irrigation is not allowed during or within 48 hours after measurable rain.
See the full Clovis watering schedule.
Every brand, same diagnosis
Wire and solenoid faults happen on every brand. We trace and repair them on Rain Bird, Hunter, Orbit/B-hyve, Irritrol/Lawn Genie and Toro systems.
Nearby communities
Nearby: Sprinkler wire repair in Fresno (7.6 mi), Sprinkler wire repair in Malaga (9.9 mi), Sprinkler wire repair in Friant (11.2 mi). Distances are straight-line from the center of Clovis.
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Written by ACRE Landscape Inc, Fresno & Clovis. Updated October 30, 2026.