US Patent 11043795 Irrigation control wiring system

An irrigation control wiring system includes an irrigation control valve box embedded into an earthen surface and defines an interior cavity below the earthen surface. The system further includes a removable cover adapted for installation over a top opening of the valve box and a back plate attached to an interior surface of the removable cover. The back plate includes multiple wire connectors. A bundle of wires passes into the interior cavity through a first opening in the valve box with each wire having a proximal end connected to at least one of the connectors and a distal end connected to a microcontroller remotely disposed from the valve box. Finally, the system includes individual wires, each coupled to a different one of the connectors at a proximal end and at a distal end to a respective sprinkler remotely disposed from the valve box within a sprinkler zone.