Choosing Irrigation Cable
Irrigation cable comes in either single or multiple cores and in different mm2 sizes. The cores inside the cable relate to the number of stations you may want to connect to.
5 Core Cable has 5 individual wires that can connect your controller to the valves. Bear in mind that 1 wire will always need to be the Common Wire, so in a 5 core cable that leaves 4 core left to wire into the stations.
The Irrigation Cores we sell are 1, 2, 3 5, and 7 cores, with 9 and 13 cores available upon request. If your system has 7 valves then you can use a 7 core cable with a single core as the common wire.
Below is a chart indicating the maximum wire run between the controller and the Hunter AC solenoid valves
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Valve Wire Sizing (Metric) |
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| Ground/Common | Control Wire | |||||
| 0.5 mm2 | 1 mm2 | 1.5 mm2 | 2.5 mm2 | 4 mm2 | 6 mm2 | |
| 0.5 mm2 | 140 | 190 | 210 | 235 | 250 | 260 |
| 1.0 mm2 | 190 | 290 | 335 | 415 | 465 | 495 |
| 1.5 mm2 | 208 | 335 | 397 | 515 | 595 | 647 |
| 2.5 mm2 | 235 | 415 | 515 | 730 | 900 | 1030 |
| 4.0 mm2 | 250 | 465 | 595 | 900 | 1175 | 1405 |
| 6.0 mm2 | 260 | 495 | 647 | 1030 | 1405 | 1745 |
Notes: Maximum one-way distance in meters between controller and valve Heavy-duty solenoid: 24 VAC,
350 mA inrush current, 190 mA holding current, 60 Hz; 370 mA inrush current, 210 mA holding current, 50 Hz
Source: https://support.hydrawise.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000193894-HCC-Wire-Distance-to-Valves
Below is a chart indicating the maximum wire runs that can be used when operating Hunter DC Latching solenoids with the XC Hybrid.
| XC Hybrid Wire Length (Controller to Valve) | ||
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| Wire Size | Maximum Distance* | |
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Meters
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0.75mm2
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168
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1.5mm2
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265
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2.5mm2
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420
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4.0mm2
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670
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| * Using Hunter DC Latching Solenoids | ||
