Thank you for the quick reply Idahowalker! Ok I'm new to the serial.print feature so I'm assuming that the tick indicates that this function is momentary rather than a fixed time? I'm a little too dense to pick up what you're clueing me in on here, can you elaborate a bit further?
Also, yes, I agree the name for that int isn't intuitive for anyone reviewing the code. It just made sense at the time since the valve was controlled by relay 4 of a 4 relay bank. i will clean it up, thank you!