Thanks Jay, let us know what would be helpful.

Thanks Russ, let us know what else would be helpful.

True, some do have those, some are just on the given nozzle.

You’re exactly right!

Just unscrew the set screw which is what you see in front of the nozzle if you are looking at it straight on. The set screw comes down to hold the nozzle in and if it continues to go down then it will start deflecting the spray pattern this shortening the spray distance.

@@thesprinklerchannel To remove the nozzle, I found using a tiny pair of needle nose pliers placed in the nozzle hole allows enough pull to remove the nozzle. The nozzle is VERY difficult to remove otherwise. Again thank you for sharing your clear concise video. 👍

If functioning properly, the screw should deflect the water spray after being screwed down past a certain point. Pee streams are usually seen when the nozzle gets blown out of the sprinkler head. If you have a sprinkler supply store nearby I would take in to them and see what is going. Sounds like something weird is going on that shouldn't be and hard to diagnose with being in person. Hope this still helps somehow.

No, only used if needing to shorten the throw distance. Designed for coverage without the set screw deflecting water stream.

I was told the same thing. Thanks for the clarification!@@thesprinklerchannel

Slanted side slanting downward

I like the analogy. You are right. If you back out the screw all the way, there is nothing to hold in the nozzle and once the water turns on or if it is already on, bye bye nozzle and begins the “find the nozzle in the grass” game.

Yep. I lost my adjustment screw. How can I replace? Does anyone know?

@@user-xf3il8xx3i this happened to me just a couple of hours ago. I’m assuming I have to buy a new sprinkler head

Did anyone find a way to replace the screw?

Just make sure the screw is screwed down enough before operating. Lots of variables can contribute to high pressure.

Rain bird tool after unscrewing set screw or just turn on sprinkler head and should fly out under pressure without set screw retaining it

Yes, proper design is a critical element. Thanks for the input and clarification.

Hi Nicholas, are you referring to the Rain Bird 3500 series rotor heads? Low flow will be different than low angle nozzles. Low flow nozzles precipitation rates will be lower aka less water per minute but the low angle just has a low angle of trajectory as it exits the nozzle to decrease the amount of what that gets carried away in windy conditions. As for low flow type of nozzles. There will be a video being published in the near future talking allow about Hunter MP Rotators and Rain Bird's equivalent that nozzles that are water conserving nozzles or what we could call low flow nozzles. Hope this helps, let us know if this answered your question.

I wasn’t aware of that but I would see if I could gently remove it, otherwise it may be permanently fixed in there. You just don’t want to loose it if you turn on water and it goes flying out.

Great suggestion. Thanks Mike!

Typically will either use tool to pry it out which usually will damage it but that doesn’t usually matter since I won’t be reusing nozzle or unscrew it and then turn on water which will normally pop it out

verily easy!

@@thesprinklerchannel it gets harder as it ages

Installing a smaller nozzle will reduce the water flow.

Most likely neither. He probably stated it for the beginning of system psi, you would need to measure at the head. You could reverse engineer it and just see how far a head sprays, measure that distance and then reference the charts to see what psi sprays that far. Otherwise just adjust them to get the results / coverage you need.

I think it will be the .75 nozzle. If you look at the holes in the nozzle set, it should be noticeable which one is the smallest if there isn’t a .75 one.

did you buy the In ground irrigation set? Does it fit the 5000 Rainbirds

In order to know how many heads a zone can handle, you will also need to now water flow (gpm) you have available. Also factors that can also include friction loss depending on distance and turns and sizing of pipe using. Then you will want to reference the nozzle chart for the given head and do some math to see how many heads you can safely install per zone. Also remember too much pressure can be problematic just as much as too little. Ideal pressure at heads* is usually around 40-45 psi. High pressure will cause the heads to mist more than spray resulting in water loss. With high pressure, a pressure regulator should be considered. We will probably come out with a video at some point going into more topic about sprinkler design but it is a more advanced topic if you are going to do it right and at this point it might be wise to get the counsel of your local sprinkler supply store until we can get some content published to explain more in detail on this topic.

@@thesprinklerchannel I have 100psi with 10GPM. Do you think I can put 4 rotary heads on a single line for a Rain Bird 5000?

@@supersaiyan6556 as long as they don't exceed the 10 gpm collectively (the short response)*

@@thesprinklerchannel if 4 heads are 30 ft from one another, what do you think?

As long as you have rotor heads on one zone and pop up heads on another then you are good.

I usually just use the tool and put the end into the eye of the nozzle and pop it out. Usually I don’t need to reuse it so I’m not worried about damaging it. Or you can turn on the water and it should blow it out with the pressure of the water after backing out the set screw enough.

Either not screwed on properly from the base connection or the seal around the neck of the head might be damaged or have some dirt stuck in it.

There should be a link to it in the description or on Rainbird’s website.

Holds nozzle in the head and if screwed down enough deflects the water reducing radius / distance it sprays

Hook up a water pressure gauge to any threaded T or elbow on the main line or zone or filter or back-flow preventer. Each zone may be different depending on design and number of heads and installed nozzles if checking while running a zone.

I’d try the nearest sprinkler parts store that only sells sprinkler supplies

Or possibly online

Awesome, thanks for the feedback!

The notch on the nozzle will be at top to allow set screw to come down and hold nozzle in.

Try using the Rain Bird tool to pry it out through the opening on the nozzle. It may get damaged but should come out.

@@thesprinklerchannel I found that it damages the nozzle, yet still doesn't come out. Instead I have learned to use allen tool and pull the nozzle out

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Unscrew the either use adjustment tool or turn on water will usually do it