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Rain Bird DV Valve Wire Sizing

The information below is from a Rain Bird DV valve installation instruction pamphlet which is out of print. It was written specifically for the DV series valves, but applies to any valve with similar inrush and holding current as a Rain Bird DV series valve.

24 VAC valves
Bold numbers in table are maximum wire lengths in FEET
150 psi 125 psi 100 psi 80 psi
Red Control Wire Size Red Control Wire Size Red Control Wire Size Red Control Wire Size
18ga 16ga 14ga 12ga 18ga 16ga 14ga 12ga 18ga 16ga 14ga 12ga 18ga 16ga 14ga 12ga
White
Common
Wire
Size		 18ga 600 730 860 960 18ga 1400 1720 2000 2240 18ga 2300 2820 3290 3680 18ga 3000 3680 4290 4800
16ga 730 950 1170 1370 16ga 1720 2200 2730 3190 16ga 2820 3660 4490 5240 16ga 3680 4770 5850 6840
14ga 860 1170 1510 1860 14ga 2000 2730 3530 4340 14ga 3290 4490 5800 7130 14ga 4290 5850 7570 9300
12ga 960 1370 1860 2410 12ga 2240 3190 4340 5620 12ga 3680 5240 7130 9240 12ga 4800 6840 9300 12050
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