# Switching back to 25 year old Rainbird sprinkler controller after frustrating Wyze experience **URL:** \ **Category:** Home\ **Tags:** sprinkler-controller\ **Created:** [December 18, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/switching-back-to-25-year-old-rainbird-sprinkler-controller-after-frustrating-wyze-experience/284151 "2023-12-18T18:33:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![googlie1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d6d6ee/32.png) [@googlie1](https://forums.wyze.com/u/googlie1)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/switching-back-to-25-year-old-rainbird-sprinkler-controller-after-frustrating-wyze-experience/284151/1 "2023-12-18T18:33:42Z")
It has been less than 15 months with the Wyze Sprinkler and I have to unfortunately dust off our 25-year Rainbird controller. The originally purchased controller died within 9 months. The replacement unit’s power supply is also now dead within 6 months. Wyze won’t provide a replacement power supply as it is out of warranty. Without the power supply the unit is useless. As they say, you say what you paid for… Not a happy customer. ---
**Author:** ![TomG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/wyze/user_avatar/forums.wyze.com/tomg/32/86260_2.png) [@TomG](https://forums.wyze.com/u/TomG)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/switching-back-to-25-year-old-rainbird-sprinkler-controller-after-frustrating-wyze-experience/284151/2 "2023-12-18T19:38:19Z")
I don’t have the controller. The output voltage and amperage should be marked on the wall wart. Another thread [https://forums.wyze.com/t/replacement-for-sprinkler-controller-power-adapter/189020/15](https://forums.wyze.com/t/replacement-for-sprinkler-controller-power-adapter/189020/15) stated [this](https://a.co/d/0h5EB7l) worked great as a replacement for the Wyze sprinkler controller. The wall wart is a known weak link. I wouldn’t fault the controller. Perhaps this one is better. The original wall wart had a right angle connector. This has a straight connector. Right angle adapters are available. This is a 5.5 x 2.1 [https://a.co/d/gPNCkME](https://a.co/d/gPNCkME)