I left the piezo starter installed in the plastic cover. I bought a Rheem water heater from Home Depot, it had this Honeywell valve on it. worked for me. Of course I am out $120 (twice!) Checked the wiring. I have NEVER had a thermostat unit fail in 35 years of owning houses. I got the dreaded 4 blink on a 3 year old water heater that had to have the control module replaced after the first year. The next two times we dealt with it in in a very non-technical way. ( P.S. Tyler, I will be buying a copy of your book to show support for you hosting this thread and helping to save people a LOT of $$. It has a stainless steel protective cover. Ill let you know how it worked out. Wow it worked great. Again, because Im somewhat inexperienced at this stuff, I found that there is a different teflon tape used for Gas than in plumbing. This is what he had me do: I turned it back down but now the machine is offended or something and wont work at all. 2pos honeywell spst usew. Great writeup! for labor. Turn the knob to 9 or 10 oclock- since your controller is faulted, nothing should happen. Now there is no danger of releasing gas. Honeywell Water Heater WV8840B1109 0 Solutions WATER HEATER MANUAL Honeywell Water Heater Wv8840b5068 0 Solutions pilot light blink 4 times every 3 seconds says ove Honeywell Water Heater Gas Water Heater 1 Solutions Not working. This worked for me! This would do the same as pulling the connector off the board and relighting the pilot momentarily. It cant flip up (actually it can if you try hard enough, but then youve probably broken it). I tried taking off the cover, disconnecting everything, and letting it sit for 8 hours. When the circuit board in the gas valve detects the water-too-hot situation, it writes something into static memory in one of its chips, and the valve will never work again unless you can manage to reset it as described below. Thank you all for helping out the FIY. My tank is fed solar preheated water, and so far, that water has been warm enough that the main propane burner has never fired with the thermostat set to LOW, so I was just curious. Thank you Tyler and all the great contributors on this thread. Although, it wouldnt hurt to turn the gas off at the water heater line by twisting the valve into the horizontal position. 1 viewed per hour. I too thought no big deal to turn my water heater up ONE NOTCH!!! Resideo WT8840B1500 - WT8840 Water Heater Gas Valve Control, NG - 2" Spud, 5" W.C.- WATER HEATER GAS VALVE, STANDING PILOT WITH PIEZO, SETPOINT 55-155F, SPUD LENGTH = 2", BRACKET= CENTERED, REGULATOR SETTING= 5" W.C., GAS TYPE=NATURAL GAS <br><br> The WT8840 series is the Water Heater Control for trade use to replace WV8840 valves used in AO Smith and Bradford White Water Heaters. Good info here, had 4 flashes, remove white valve cover after lighting pilot, place a jumper wire across two posts that were right side top , pilot quit, waited, relit pilot, turn gas control to low, main burner lit. Got 7 blinking lights burner came on and back to 1 blinking light. Instead of a red flashing light it has a White flashing light. Have fun boys! Note which color is on which side. If I had just changed out the circuit boards on the old control valve Id not have gained the better sensor. Operating Range: 0 to 150 F (-18 to 66 C)*, *Valve will operate at 0F (-18C) but valve, characteristics can not be guaranteed until, Storage Range: -40 to 150 F (-40 to 66 C), Humidity: 95% non-condensing at 104 F (40 C), This device is certified by Canadian Standards. As I mention in the article, in bold red text, you have to make sure whatever caused the overheat is also fixed. No brown or other weird looking water. Ignite pilot then rotate to hot. So now it is connected up as it would be normally but without the cover attached. Maybe it should be Teflon coated if that interaction is suspect? The Right top Pin is the main gas valve. WV8840B1110 has been discontinued Discontinued December 15, 2019 This product was discontinued by the manufacturer. Thanks. Thank you thank you! tried several rimes, will not stay lit. Never had this problem with old fashioned hot water heaters. Not much of a DIYer am i but after reading about this scam Honeywell has going on about these modules i had to try this and besides how many more cold showers can one man take..My results? My Family thanks you for the tip to reset the Honeywell Gas control valve. Whirlpool sent me the upgraded replacement. Even though there are 4 higher settings! Brand New. thank you so much. This piece of junk is only 13 months old. i called whirlpool(1877-817-6750), they are sending me the valve free of charge, but its gonna take a couple days to get here. Like theyre doing me a favor even though I reminded them that it has a 12 year warranty on parts. Since waaaay too many folks have experienced this failure, and since it seems to be electronics related, and since Honeywell is sending out replacements willy nilly and asking for return of the defective valves, I suggest that the true culprit may be that some bonehead just programmed the software at too low a critical temperature. Going to try the reset steps pointed out earlier and see if that will get me by for a little while until the new one gets here. I also drained a small amount of sediment from the bottom of the tank, which was mostly brown water. They have a manual shut off. If that is the case, recommend that you do not short the leads as it can cause internal damage. I do believe I will call for my warranty replacement anyway as it is likely needed. ENJOY, BIG BIG thanks to you, it worked i fixed it. MaybeI also shook chicken bones over it and chanted. * Honeywell Gas Valve on a Water 2000 coachman catalina water heater rv forum, The lp switch water heater 2000 coachmen [], [] Th106 honeywell aube th106 7 day programmable line, Comments 7 day programmable line volt thermostat electric heating: bought level house. Direct Replacement: Gas Control Valve Kit (Natural Gas) Brand: AO Smith SKU: 100112336 ( 70) In Stock Get 304 Thu, Mar 2 Order by 4PM, receive 304 by Thursday VIEW REPLACEMENT Product Highlights - Natural Gas Description - detail describe please. They dont want to send any more parts until I pay someone to come look at it. shut off the pilot and reconnect the 3 wire plug and but the cover back on. The next guy I talked to was very surprised that the Valve would be bad again so quickly so he had me go through a reset procedure. I woke up on a Saturday morning to this issue and used your Fault Clear instructions and they WORKED! mwa-ha-ha-ha! I received the new valve and noticed a few differences. Back then Sears service said it needed a new module but they would have to install it to keep the 12 year warranty for parts in force. Then I came down later when I felt the barely warm water. I have set a reminder in outlook to drain my tank once a year from now on. Time will tell. Turn the temp knob all the way to High, down to VAC, up to High, down to VAC and then to HOT At just 3 months old the second unit failed! On all of the occasions that this happened I was able to reignite the pilot and get the heater going again simply by turning the valve controller to off, waiting ten to fifteen minutes, and then re-lighting the pilot following normal instructions. and now I got myself a huge repair issue, what the hell is wrong with kenmore and Honeywell to make a dial that allows you to raise the temp up to A,B,C AND VERY HOT and just by putting it up to A now I get 4 blinking lights and have to pay a repair technician to come give me a diagnostic! This would upset me less if I had hot water meanwhile! Hope this information helps! After the pilot heats the thermopile, and the LED blinks, I released the Red knob but the pilot would not stay on. Thx loreleaf for the post and pics. I had the unit replaced. Made in United States. I speculate its because Honeywell sells a lot more gas valves this way. THANK YOU! She then told me that she would have to transfer me to someone else to finish up because my unit has the power exhaust flap and that was a different group. This may help all. What you will do next is connect the (+) positive of the battery to the right top pin so your battery is across the bottom pin (-) and top right pin (+) you should hear the click of the main valve opening. So far, so good but was looking up things that could go wrong and found this page. It will die eventually and it would be nice to have the gas valve ready to go. Other suggestions? Right after I was done and moved on to light the pilot, the damn thing started flashing 7 times, which means gas control valve failure, right out of the box !!!! One other thing I could mention and that is there is likely more to this story than what is apparent. The water heater is a Kenmore and I called Sears but they only wanted to send out a service worker for $79/$90 to diagnosis the water heater although I explained numberous times that the water heater is OK It is the controller that failed. Drain a few gallons, a little scale. . Next day shipping for 10 bucks? After spending a day shopping for a replacement nowhere to be found for same day repair, and after 2 freezing cold morning showers, I followed DBs instructions and voila! I initially did unplug everything and flushed the tank there was some residue and sediment not a ton but apparently enough to confound the sensor. Error clears. will light up but is not, Honeywell 24v waterheater. Thank you David Boone for your excellent instructions in your, How to un-fault a controller post. DONT BUY THEM. All working fine now. Did you call Honeywell directly? Hey just wanted to say a BIG thank you to you guys for the reboot reset tips the jumper wire to all points worked best for me! The valve in my heater is a revision C and has a blue status LED for normal. Im going to take everyone elses lead and call for a replacement valve. Clearly the valve controller is mis-designed. My background issue: The heater would simply stop working every once in a while, with no lights flashing whatsoever. Just make sure you label (or cell phone picture) where the wires go, to be able to return them, and then disconnect all the wires. It is sad to see big companies are not really care about the quality and safety of the consumers. DO NOT BUY THIS THERMOSTAT! Unfortunately, Charles, your fix did not work for me. After I reconnected got 7 flashes instead of 4 flashes and the gas valve opened properly. The note is just a comment I know it really does not apply to your situation. On my initial contact with their tech support, they asked that I verify the gas pressure coming into the heater ( spec range is 5.5 10.5 inches water column). Too good buddy, the solution you proposed works like charm, all working now ! I saw some white crystals come out but not that bad. All models of WT8840 include an integrated NTC temperature sensor. It took a while but I hope it is sufficient to extend the life of the valve. I then turned the gas valve to hot and it lit and ran. Water Heater Gas Control Valve For Honeywell Whirlpool WV8840B1109 WV8840B1042. taken care of on my own. 1. 3. That was their only solution. Thanks so much. (With the three wire plug OFF and the pilot on I was getting a 7 code only.) Opens in a new window or tab. I will now start flushing sediment every quarter instead of annually. What your friend did to fix your problem temporarily, was press the reset button on the safety interlock probably located on the access cover of the heating chamber. Honeywell and Sears/Home Depot/etc. Once you have selected the product category you are interested in, the contact information for sales related questions and technical product related questions will display . Glad I found this post. This is huge the most important post. The water heater had supposedly over heated, even though I had never had it set to anything but low in the 3 years I have had it. My control has an additional wire plugged into the bottom of the controller (Im not certain what it does). God Bless you! The final straw while talking to Rheem tech support the main burner lit for 1 second, went out, and relit 2 seconds later. This is the second time mine has gone out in 27 months. Nothing else worked for me. Wish this had been up 2 years ago, when the previous unit failed. Forgot to add one more important bit of informationI do not have any error codes, the red light blinks for standby mode and shows a heartbeat while the pilot light is on and continues despite the burner failing to ignite. It is interesting to note that 106F is normally just about as hot as you can stand in the shower. If no updates this worked for me. I may have gotten lucky too. The result: Make sure all the wires are connected, turn on the gas and follow the steps in your water heater owners manual to relight the pilot light. Thats what this sounds like and shorting across it is perfectly OK. followed your instructions for shorting the 2 pins and re-light worked just like you said. So, I set out to see if I could do a reset of some sort by scouring the internet. I believe I was getting 7 flashes until turning burner on and in a short time the flashes went to normal 1 flash. If so, I want him shot. This whole thread is very interesting. Executive summary: Once it has detected a water too hot event, the gas valve will never work again unless you know how to reset it. Well, I am having issues again and think I may have just screwed myself. i followed your instructions and bingo! I didnt think it would work, live and learn. Franken valve worked! I did call Whirlpool and told them that the new valve they sent was broken and they did send another replacement free overnight. Intelligent designers would program a fault reset capability after the water temperature drops to a safe point, like say 170 degrees. You dont have to drain the tank or disconnect any gas lines. Pilot light will come on but wont stay on after releasing the button. and submit my receipt for them to reimburse the cost (up to $153). My plan was to fix it Saturday and replace the entire unit with the new one. F-ING A BRA! Still working so far. After trying multiple things mentioned here I finally unplugged the wires to the board only, tried to ignite then left it for a while and then plugged it in and it lit! thank u CT. U and DB are $$ saversfor now anyway..LOL! There is also a White or clear silicone rubber gasket that is entangled with pins and solenoid wires. And if you are atheist? The first time a friend was able to turn the pilot light back on with no problem. 6. It is powered from a thermopile heated by the standing pilot flame. The pilot would light and I let it sit for a few minutes running on pilot. Everything else worked as previously described. The 5 inlet pipe would NOT separate from the Gas Valve assembly, so I had to run up to Lowes and get a new inlet pipe (5 1/2) to connect to the new assembly. I have the same set up as rdarnitall on 31 December 2014 at 7:28 pm and I just wanted to say thanks for that reset procedure, it worked for me. https://www.flickr.com/photos/86570218@N06/17486404251. I have not touched mine in any way, just been doing watchful observation until I have (and now do have) new valve in hand. Taking your screwdriver and hold it against the upper right pin and the lower pin for about 3 seconds. It is . If it overheats again, youll need to order yet another valve, or it will blow up, or something else you wont like. David Boone I Love You. Fall Protection Products. My new controller has a white blinking LED that will not reset. I had put a piece of wire between the 2 top ones, not sure if it did anything. I am extremely grateful for this information! Basically, the minerals heat less efficiently than the water, so the water has to get hotter than necessary. When I checked the water heater the status light was not blinking at all. Charles, Perhaps others with faulty valves may have begun their collapse in a similar fashion, but were not noticed until the hot water turned cold people dont usually babysit a water heater. Update your shipping location. You need to drain the tank completely because the valve sensor is about one inch diameter probe that screws into the side of the tank from the back of the valve. Its not more than 3yrs old. This time I turned to this forum. No battery, no removing of circuit board, just a short jumper wire. After spending 51 minutes with Sears customer non-service the problem was resolved within 20 minutes following Davids instructions. How can this have been going on for years and not have been fixed? Any ideas? Regarding these Honeywell 9007884 Reliance 300 Series gas valves, the manual states that the HOT setting is 120F and the VAC (vacation) setting is 55F, but what temperature setpoint is the LOW setting? Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Honeywell RTH6580WF Wi-Fi 7 Resetting #$%@!! The methods that describe jumping the top left and top right .. what exactly are we talking about here? Because, when they shop at Lowes (and other DIY stores), people dont always, every time, ask them, You carry repair parts for this, right? I dont know, but I do know you need to get the sediment out of there in any case, so you might as well try it. Thanks again to everyones input you all are a life saver! YOU are a SUPER GENIUS! There should be labels red and white on the gas valve to help you plug them back the right way. You can now release the knob and the pilot should stay on. Ive had my Rheem 7 months . After going through this ordeal, I had the pretty much the same experience as ColdShowerMan. For sales or technical inquiries about our products please select the type of item (s) you are interested in from the pull down category list shown below. Last one. Now, instead of the 4-blink I had a seven blink. and then it might come back on or not. Once you have the pilot lit and the pilot valve on, (faint click can be heard) all that is necessary to open the main valve is to jump (connect) the top left pin to the top right pin. I had looked at it at 5am it was 7pm by the time I got to Lowes, thought he was wrong but trusted his input! I was getting the 8-3 flashing code which said to replace the Gas Control Valve. The light went out. Miller Air Core Oil and Gas Harness. I used sealant on all the piping going into the valve assembly however I used teflon tape for the screwing portion of the assembly that goes into the tank and touches water. Its funny how a grown man can get so excited in satisfaction from getting this $%&)%^ing thing working againif anyone would have seen me they may have thought I just won the lottery with all the fist pumping and rants of YES! Especially, drain the sediment from the tank. The Jaccuzi is available at Lowes. Heater is only 7 months old. Make sure the thermostat wires are plugged in to the top of the board. ~ diy-home-projects.vwx.info, Home Projects: How Do I Remove This Exterior Water Valve Cap?. I have a 2 yr old whirlpool 30 gal gas model with the Honeywell valve unit. A plumber I know told me he has replaced dozens of these exact same units. Ive been reading the above posts with great interest. I found the most reliable one is to install the parts without the cover and short the top two pins that go to the pilot light (left) and the main burner (right) and running it for a while. I have a red knob with green LED, and white cover. On one end make two tiny wraps to fit over the left and right pins on the valve under the cover like described elsewhere. I followed your instructions to clear the fault and they worked fine. After a minute or so the flashes should change to just one flash every three seconds or so. About 5-10 minutes the 7 flashes reverted back to a single flash, maybe got lucky. The reset button only works if the overheating occurred in the heating chamber. Can cause severe injury, death or property damage. In this case relight the pilot and try again. Thanks a bunch! If one uses a slow supply of hot water (like rinsing a lot of dishes), then the heater stays on making VERY hot water until it triggers a non-resetable error. Tom. Theres a little white plug where wires connect to board; tug wires directly away from board to unplug. Obviously weve all had our issues with the apparently worthless Honeywell controller. I took the circuit board completely out of the unit and let it sit for about an hour. I did the trick with a AA battery and some cheap speaker wire. Some people said touching the 2 top posts and you said top right and bottom one. Some designers use whats called a super cap instead of a battery to preserve data for short periods of time. Basically the Honeywell Electronic Gas Water Heater Controllers are crap (so far). Wednesday morning earlylooked on porch for another package I was expecting and found the new control valve. Wow, amazing! I first noticed it a few days after install and immediately freaked and went to get the manual. I also flushed the tank out twice by turning the supply on with the drain open. That would be nice. Big thanks from MN! Bear with me guys, but Ive been whacked in the mellon for over 16 years, and am blessed that I can actually type, and am a little bit mechanically inclineda little. It was enough hot for a fairly comfortable shower actually. WT8840 controls provide direct replacement, Pressure Regulator: The outlet pressure regulator, See appliance rating plate for inlet pressure range, 0.5 PSI (14.0 in. No, I dont know that you can buy just the circuit board. My warrantied part is being overnighted. does this mean I have to replace the entire valve? Then once it started running went to one blink. Now, I urge CAUTION when performing this fix as, without a working pilot, you could accumulate an appreciable amount of gas and risk an explosion. Having been working with systems at this level for nearly all my life I will say it looks like the micro-code in the controller goes away and hides when it gets that dreaded 4 code. Also had flushed out the tank. any suggestions ? The battery trick worked for me. okay at this point with circuit boardhave no clue..please step by step for dummies pleasecannot remove it from whitish housing.appears a screw of some sort and also something that looks like glass attaching to it? Function: The gas valve is a low voltage control (usually 24 VAC) that allow gas into the combustion chamber. Hi I have a Honeywell gas valve and the pilot button popped off. It only puts out about 0.5 volts, but it is enough energy to operate everything. Called the company and basically was told yes we can send a new thermostat/gas control valve for $185.00 + tax +shipping and it may not solve the problem Have a nice day and go for yourself ..what bs . the side you see when it the board is in place. I spoke with Whirlpool (Honeywell gas valve) and they sent me a new valve. (Published under a different name to sow maximal confusion). Slide the power switch off. It, too, does not get any flashes after the pilot is lit. Pull the black clips on the red and white wires straight outwards to unplug them. Here is the simple fix. Just lit the pilot again and set the temperature!! Do this at your own risk, your mileage may vary. Next, there are at least two variations of this unit. Contemplated telling my wife and child to go take a ride around the block while I finished it up, but was confident everything was solid and ready. It lights easily, but wont stay lit. Water Heater Gas Valve Replaces Honeywell Resideo WV8840B1109 WV8840B1110 WV8840B1109 WV8840B1110 Furnace Heater Gas Valve Shut-off Slow Fast Opening Pilot Spark Hot Surface Ignition Repair Part . > How can this have been going on for years and not have been fixed? Thank you Cranky Tenants and Dave Boone! Well, tried this with TWO circuit boards (one was original w/red LED, the second was replacement w/white LED). It is held in by one T-15 tork screw that would be uncommon for most folks. I am so happy that the company replaced it for you. TH106 Honeywell Aube TH106 7 Day Programmable Line Amazon. Mwa-ha-ha-ha! Is there any non-Honeywell valve that we can use in place of the Edsel we have now? Includes an integrated NTC temperature sensor. Draining your tank yearly may have prevented this but who the hell does that. I did order free replacement the part and went for the free ground ship to Calif as well as i had faith in you guys thatthe tips would work before the part got here. Should I bootstrap the thing by supplying my own voltage of 750mv and try David Boones most excellent fault reset procedure? (I realize this is way after the fact but just adding some personal experience) Plan the installation as outlined below I installed the new valve and cleaned up the mess. I was reading how you guys help one another and just thought AWESOME! F Im so mad I want to shoot the prick who cornered the market on Honeywells crap. smith), the gas valve went bad so I had to replace it. The wt8840 is powered from a thermopile heated by the standing pilot flame. It should not be necessary to completely empty the tank unless it is just full of sediment and you have never tried to flush it out before. I was told to flush the water heater 2xs a year with vinegar to remove sediment, which i did have ALOT..Thanks. I understand that the Honeywell product is in recall. I also examined the circuit board and noticed a few minor differences, but I think the real problem was in the design and components. I put the cover back on and the light flashed 7 times as I put the heat dial to hot. Took the board out and just touched everything with the cross wire and let it sit. They may just reset it, then charge again for the next time it needs resetting. Most others had it for from $200.00. Be sure the tank is flushed as much as possible. https://www.flickr.com/photos/7428166@N07/14129889951/ Product guides and documents Product Documentation (PDF) Top left is a small dot and top right is a post. A link in your article would have been nice. The WT8840 is powered from a thermopile heated by the standing pilot flame. By the time I returned (maybe 30 minutes later), the led had returned to its normal blue 1-flash mode. So thanks to commenters earlier, before, and above. Untwist wires and relight pilot. So a few notes to help those that are experiencing the same thing: 1. I tried all the solutions that people had suggested and still had the 4 blink problem. Cost to replace Honeywell Water Heater Wv880b1309 0 Solutions The pilot light went out and we gave not been able If you are getting 750 millivolts at the RED and WHITE connections, then I would think it is a dud. The thing is less then a week old!! DB.THANK YOU kind sir for sharing this! So dont give up, it does work and Im guessing that these methods will work on 100% of the failed controllers if you follow the steps to a T with the knowledge that you may have to do it more than one or two times before it takes and clears the fault code. What a cluster outfit. Do you know if the Rinnai is any better than the Jaccuzi? Important to note, new wires were different colors! Where is it located exactly? * honeywell gas valve water, Slide ribbon wires clip housing, front gas valve free. Yeah!!!! 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