Two-wire technology is revolutionizing the irrigation industry. With a conventional controller irrigation system, you are forced to run wires directly from the controller to every single valve. But with a two-wire system, you use just one, small-gauge, two-wire cable from the controller across the entire system. Just one cable connects to field decoders and valves like a string of ornamental lights.
Two-wire technology provides many advantages over a conventional system:
Ease of installation. You only have to install — and dig — one wire line per system as opposed to one wire line per valve. It’s especially easy when pulliing the cable through conduit.
Ease of expansion. Two-wire allows you to expand a new or existing irrigation system indefinitely because you don’t have to re-wire your system when making expansions or modifications. Simply connect a new cable anywhere on the existing two-wire to extend the sytem to new areas.
Cost reduction. You save money on expensive copper cable; in fact, you can save as much as 80 percent over conventional wire systems.
Great distances. Tucor systems can turn on valves up to ten miles away. Granted that’s not often needed, but running two miles doesn’t even break a sweat.
Ease of repairs. Should trenching or some other event cut the wire, you don’t have to sort and splice a multitude of wires. Simply reconnect two wires and you’re back in business.
Apply more water. The Procom two-wire system can run up to 40 valves at the same time. Even the cost-effective RKD can run ten valves simultaneously.