I also drained some water then flushed a lot. Do you know if the Rinnai is any better than the Jaccuzi? Water Heater Gas Control Valve For Honeywell Whirlpool WV8840B1109 WV8840B1042. UPDATE: David Boones method worked great for me, exactly as described. So I changed that out for a 1/4 turn one, much easier. Guess that part is personal preference but I thought Id share. ~ diy-home-tips.vwx.info, Home Projects: Is It A Problem That I Have Two Of Each Color Wires On My Honeywell Thermostat?. I suspect it to be calcium and salts. I am so happy that the company replaced it for you. For anyone who encounters valve control failure, as long as the problem relates to this particular Honeywell valve controller model (mine was model NU50T61-403), I suggest to go straight to David Boones instruction in this thread for resetting the fault. Loreleafs procedure (5 January 2016) worked for me remove cover and short 2 pins with a screwdriver. Other than that it looks the same from the exterior. The two wires to the controller on the bottom right are the two leads to the thermocouple which provides power to the controller and also senses when the pilot is lit. I pulled the cover yesterday , left every thing hooked up. It will die eventually and it would be nice to have the gas valve ready to go. I told her I would, but more I think about it, F that! Thanks to this blog and everyones exploits with the Frankenvalve Heres what worked so far for me on a neighbors unit: The two wires (red/white) pluged to the honeywell box front rightside, power the box, make sure the wires are not loose, refer to diagram, mine were loose had to reattach with tiny plyers. Rheem gets my congrats for the great support and fast shipping. I shorted the 2 pins on top of the module base for maybe 30 seconds. One of the comments below, describes a way to do this by hooking a battery to a couple of connection points on the board. The combo of using the battery trick as well as just running wires from the posts rather than unscrewing the module worked perfectly. If it does, the fault should clear in a few seconds. Because of these differences, I would recommend NOT to only replace the board, but to replace everything! I think this Honeywell valve is pretty flakey. Pilot light will come on but wont stay on after releasing the button. Press down on the plastic cover in front of the clips to release them. It is also an adjustable regulator that insures proper gas pressure for combustion. After a minute or so the flashes should change to just one flash every three seconds or so. Lore leaf, Great post! From this thread it is not true that the 4 flash fault is fatal. Opening hot valve of nearby sink, opening air release valve on top of tank, using 4 inlet pipe to use as a wrench lever to remove the Gas Valve assembly were a few minor but helpful things. After a lot of back and forth they sent me the module which was a breeze to install. Im assuming that the old board just completely died. When I screw the gas adapter, just half way in the screw, the housing cracked. . Regarding 7 flashes means Gas Control electronic fault If they do fail, at least now, thanks to all your advice, Ill at least have a workaround to use while I fight with them for another replacement. Either solution is unacceptable. I have no status light. 5 gas rated pipe sealant. It Is Designed For Use In Standing Pilot Applications Using An Immersion Well For Water Temperature Sensing. I tried several times, and flushed the tank. 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. Should I replace the Temperature sensor? I called my father-in-law and told him about it, he is a plumber and replaces this kind of valves all the time but he said he has never seen one that flashes any codes other than normal right out of the box Go figure!!! If I had just changed out the circuit boards on the old control valve Id not have gained the better sensor. Grow your service sales with the Honeywell WT8840. . Ill let you know how it worked out. Could only see me in the eveningReading about what you guys have done. I suggest going all the way and getting rid of the old plastic sensor. Depending on your levels of finger strength and determination, you might need the screwdriver to depress the tabs. There is also a little white switch in the middle with wires attached on each side of the thermocoupler that is a reset button. Thanks E. Update : Tried all the reset methods and none worked for me for the white light control valve. This is how you can un-fault the Controller or make it check for a fault again (and clear the fault). The methods that describe jumping the top left and top right .. what exactly are we talking about here? I let the water sit until the water in it is no longer hotthe last shower usually takes care of that. Mineral buildup on the valves temp tensor cap the metal part that sticks into the tank could cause the high limit situation by delaying the rate at which true water temperature reaches the thermal sensor. It, too, does not get any flashes after the pilot is lit. You can now release the knob and the pilot should stay on. I told them BS, that I was going to install it myself. I bought a Rheem water heater from Home Depot, it had this Honeywell valve on it. TH106 Honeywell Aube TH106 7 Day Programmable Line Amazon. 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. Big thanks from MN! Bam! Gently wiggle out the housing. Although, the first time I did it, I only let it sit for about a half hour like he did, and I still got the 4 blinks and it wouldnt light. Voltage Maximum: 850 mV dc, open circuit. The cover on the Water Heaters gas valve is removed by a single flat head screw at the bottom. I know I did this while trying to figure out why no hot water. I have 4 blinking lights. It has lasted about a year then gave the 4 blink code again. 17 product ratings. The pilot (the flame is definitely more than a pilot) does stay on and slowly heats and with the therm set pretty low it will eventually satisfy demand and shut off, and repeat next time it needs heat. Add Sears to Lowes of where not to buy a product.heres, what i did take off the cover on the valve and disconnect the 3 wire connector. There is no pilot, it just ignites completely as needed with electronic ignitor. My hat is off to you David, I followed you instruction and it clear the fault and is now heating my water. Well my tank is 15 months old and it is giving the 4 flash death sign, called everywhere for parts, can only get from Whirlpool and 3 days later. By the way, while searching for more information when this first came up for me, I found one website which had these controllers for sale for $99.00. (For me it was the the inlet gas pipe on the valve.) followed your instructions for shorting the 2 pins and re-light worked just like you said. It is likely a Super Cap of 1 farad or more used for short term memory retention. I have drained the tank twice and in both cases I got virtually NO SEDIMENT out of my water heater. Turns out painting and cleaning the basement tripped a code 7 flashes. Wednesday morning earlylooked on porch for another package I was expecting and found the new control valve. reattach the front cover with the wires still unplugged and light your pilot. The pilot would lite, the main burner would come on and it would run for awhile. Anyhow, the next day I got the part. Generally, if youre covered under warranty, you would get the part from the MFR of the water heater. Even though it did not appear excessively dirty or clogged there was some soot present on top of the screen and a small amount of dust under the burner (& one dead ladybug). Get a contractor model. That SHOULD simply cause the heat source to have to stay on longer to heat water, not get the water too hot; 3. Function: The gas valve is a low voltage control (usually 24 VAC) that allow gas into the combustion chamber. how do i get the circuit board completely out? This Honeywell gas control has been intermittent every few months, but i was always able to restart until this week. I used the short across the top left and right connectors while everything was still connected method as my problem was a straight 7 flash error. Thanks all and internet! But, the light on the control never starts flashing. First Responder. So far, so good but was looking up things that could go wrong and found this page. So the fault condition DID (initially) reset itself. I reset it and it worked again for a few days. This changes to red flash code when there is an abnormal condition. The wires for the main burner valve solenoid had not broken. The Thermopile already supplies the current necessary to open the gas valve! The red one, I found, CAN be reset using above methods. Worse, when the burner would start (first draw of hot water in the morning), it would start with a bang, literally boom, and then go on its pulsing merry way. The main burner would go out without being up to temp (it may of been shutting off on the high limit ?) day installed it i had bad problems to lite, i called Co. they asked if a professional installed it, i told tech ive installed over 15 water heaters & never had this type of trouble, he kind of said that since im not a pro-with licence thats why its not lighting, i told him i didnt like this valve sytem & all 15 water with the old school red dial out lasted the 9 yr some worked till 12 years & why would i ever give $400 to install something i could do & i do know what Im doing just that this system not working at all, i got it 3 years & I got one of the lucky ones, the (2nd one)was built 07/20/2015 i got a call Fri 29th,16 my tenant said water heater stopped working & i had showed him how tom lite it in case im not around & it turns off, he tried many times, depress 1 1/2, 2 min, 3 min & nothing, i got a chance to look into it & i had assumed E-Z fix 5 min ill have it & running, wrong spent hour doing everything instructions had, i asked my tennat at what temp he had it on, he said a lil past the letyter (A) when i installed it i had told him never pass (A) i remember a friend who owns several homes (7) & he told me many nitemare stories of the Honeywell Valve status lite (poop)he was dealing with 7 faulty valves had to pay hotel 3-5 days while they ship parts, even then the water heater co. diagnosed problem wrong, he said a couple times they told him it was the thermopile that was causing pilot lite not to stay on, he waited for part, ordered the Valve although it had warranty but it didnt cover the wasted time, days & hotel for his tenants, but he some how found on his own that setting those types pass the letter (A) the water heater will over heat, thats whats going on with me, i checked everything spark good, pilot lights well but doesnt stay on & the status lite doesnt come on at all, its like its dead, so i called Co. tech guy told me oh thats an E-Z one & no brainner its your thermopile well let me tell my tenants 4 adults 3 teenagers of how E-Z theyll have it for 4 days without hot water you certified (DA=dumb ass)i still didnt feel good about that, i called my friend & my friend said ill bet you a $100 its going to be the thermo pile, call m back & have them send you new Valve & get on YouTube & sites to get help, these sites are extremely helpful, you save money, time, days waiting for part & most likely youll get wrong diagnosed, so Im gearing up & ready to get hot water for my tenants, its a rotten dirty shame that so many people have gotten ripped off by honeywell & no law suits for intentionally selling theyre valves to the water heater makers they too are at fault, at least those of us that can tinker with things are able to FIY i feel for the people who have get a licence person to install, then several months later have the valve burn out, call Co. then pro to install wrong part, wait more days for correct one ? Found three capacitors (bigger one in the middle and the other two towards one of the corners, each is mainly silver with a black small/minor segment ) and shorted all three, replaced unit and relit the pilot light, but 4 flashes still the problem. My warrantied part is being overnighted. Can you let me know if your WH is still working? WV8840B1109 Gas Valve for Honeywell Whirlpool Water Heaters - WV8840B1109 WV8840B1042 No reviews $42999 FREE delivery Feb 27 - Mar 2 Or fastest delivery Feb 24 - 28 Small Business BW Technologies Yellow GasAlertMax XT II Portable Combustible Gas, Carbon Monoxide, Hydrogen Sulphide and Oxygen Monitor with Rechargeable Battery No reviews My Honeywell WV8860B1309 failed after 2 years. Direct Replacement: Gas Control Valve Kit (Natural Gas) Brand: AO Smith SKU: 100112336 ( 70) In Stock Get 297 Fri, Mar 3 Order by today, receive 297 by Friday VIEW REPLACEMENT Product Highlights - Natural Gas Description - Thanks! I am trying to get an idea of how reliable the soluton is. and I am spreading the word, i bought 2 water heaters for 2 rentals from homedepo with the honeywell (status poop valve), i have no idea how one hasnt blown, (1) 1st. Note the code flashes from the LED which indicates the pilot is lit. My storyAfter two years my Honeywell WV8860B1310 gas control valve failed. Whirlpool owners are fortunate that the company is sending them replacement valves. 20 minutes and the above solution of shorting it to correct the error worked magic. https://www.flickr.com/photos/7428166@N07/13946581980/ The pilot on my waterheater went out over night. This is really bad! Got it the next day, installed it. We are dealing with possible gas leak & explosion here guys! The Right top Pin is the main gas valve. Probably not, but it was worth a try. 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Hi I have a Honeywell gas valve and the pilot button popped off. my light is not blinking the pilot will light but the burner wont come on so i called whirlpool; and they said i had on warranty as we had stated on the warranty that we put it in the bathroom the heater is just now 3 years old,,, so i told her that it was not in the bathroom it was outside and that it had been installed in a shed that got storm damaged so we had to remove the shed and that my husband being 70 had had some medical issues and he had not been able to get the new shed over it but that had put a small cover around it but that wasnt real worried about the warranty i just want to fix it. (I realize this is way after the fact but just adding some personal experience) I took the circuit board completely out of the unit and let it sit for about an hour. The entire process from start to finish, including 2 stops to Lowes (once for tools, second for piping) and draining/refilling tank took over 2 hours. It may take a minute or so before the heating element comes on; be patient. I have the 50 gallon model of the Whirlpool water heater from Lowes that has the Honeywell controller on a Bradford White valve. Clearly the valve controller is mis-designed. As he indicated, YOU DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK! Definitely will be draining sediment as a preventive measure later this week. It is also an adjustable regulator that insures proper gas pressure for combustion. Abner, I will handle your questions in my own order. My 83 year old dads water heater went out. With my method you do not need to remove it, but sometimes its hard to visualize what everyone is talking about if you have never seen it before. Since I dont have a location near me and have a demanding household for hot water, I opted for the $30 overnight shipping option. I turned it back down but now the machine is offended or something and wont work at all. 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! > Isnt there any way to tell the gas valve to [reset the error condition]? After turning the heater off and shutting off the gas to the unit. One small jumper wire is all thats needed! I had the four blink Water too hot issue. If you need to look at the back to see how the tabs are arranged, look at the new valve. Let the pilot without the chip wires plugged in then turned it off. Far out. I hope it helps someone. My Family thanks you for the tip to reset the Honeywell Gas control valve. The Jaccuzi is available at Lowes. I tried this simple solution you provided and it worked awesome. Theres a little white reset button on the plate covering the combustion chamber, but that doesnt seem to have any effect!?! The pilot light alone is keeping the solar water warm all night at about 120F. I did the same thing but it immediately returned to four flashes. I installed the new valve and cleaned up the mess. They are not interchangeable. Turner up temp control to hot, all is well. Second water heater weve put into this location in 3 years, due to bad Honeywell controllers. This tank was flushed six months ago to install the current control valve. (no blinks, no pilot) Turned it around and clipped it back in and went through the lighting the pilot light. Tried the reset a bunch of times but could not get it to stop the 4 flashes. Maybe I can purchase one with the G-D F@*CK*! After reading through everything in both Cranky and DBs posts a couple more times, finding a 9v battery and making a second jumper wire to try the battery procedure described in DBs post, I went back to the unit, turned the gas supply back on and re-lit the pilot, when BINGO! This one honeywell water heater thermostat is completely a lemon.. OK just replace with newer updated green computer board without the sensor.. New ones dont have Sensor clip or wire. Say, Im going to rip you open, you dirty so-and-so. See whether the light goes back to its regular one-blink mode in response to this threat. The original red light gas valve broke after 2 years. I havent opened the valve yet out of curiosity but from what I read here, the Capacitor sounds like a good culprit. You can save delay and $hundreds in plumber fees by fixing the part thats gone on strike. That said, I decided to tackle this replacement as I wasnt going to shell out a couple hundred for someone to come in and do it. Thank again. If that didnt work, or if you already have the new valve and prefer the slightly simpler approach, proceed as follows. 4. After removing the controller board and the wires, I had to reattach it to light the pilot light. Culminating in a permanent fault condition. 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. I have a water heater only 13 months old and it is not working. OMG!! 3. Most Honeywell water heaters with electric gas valves need just 12 volts for the valve to work. Wouldnt it make more sense to not let the dial go that high? Turn the temp knob all the way to High, down to VAC, up to High, down to VAC and then to HOT I am now one of the afflicted and would not like to have to go through this every 18 months. Also, the white light version has NO COM connector. The WT8840 is powered from a thermopile heated by the standing pilot flame. smith), the gas valve went bad so I had to replace it. If youre ever in Fort Wayne Indiana, Ill treat you to a steak dinner/sushi/(or your preference)! Now WH is working fine. Now the white one does NOT clear, in my experience, by the posted this will clear the 4-blips of death error. I am digging out the old board I have positioned for disposal. I have another place with a Rheem Propane Tankless where the lowest normal setting is 100F. Im looking for a replacement LPG gas control in Mexico (Im close to the border). Jolie, even you can do this. I read the included instructions to a T and had a successful replacement! This WORKS! I do not think you have the same honeywell control that this website is discussing, there is no power switch or power cord. Picture:here, 4. The government mandates all this crap that fails! NEVER TO BE PURCHASED AGAIN. For sure theyre going to have a lot of unhappy customers. Bought my Whirlpool at Lowes. Now there is no danger of releasing gas. This time they are sending me a new gas valve for free overnight. This is if the controller just will not cooperate. Worked like a charm! I replaced my gas valve and only had to pay the shipping and smell bad for two days. Just to let everyone know, the above fix by DB works! light the pilot and you still get the 7 flashes; however the water heater kicks back on and gets back up to temperature and shuts off as normal and you will see that your light now only flashes 1 time every 3 or 4 seconds. They would have to diagnosis the water heater and then order the part, and then come back again to install at an additonal service price. I had the first valve replaced under the one year warranty but sears will not replace the valve under the six year warranty. If you havent done it in a while, theres a very good chance that it will help solve whatevers going on. I have a 2 yr old whirlpool 30 gal gas model with the Honeywell valve unit. My question is.do I flush out the tank 1st before I do anything else.I have no idea on make and modelits raining here and I cant check on it since its on the outside of my homeI want to see if I can fix it myself before I need to pay or just all out replace it There have been several of us who have successfully brought this Honeywell water heater controller back to life. 1. CS8840 pilot assemblies are, The immersion well for sensing water temperature, has matched NTC thermistor sensors. I am not sure if holding the temperature button in is electronic or mechanically acts on the pilot valve (would hope the latter). They didnt ask any questions or ask for the old one to be returned. I followed the last paragraph instructions (what i did take off the cover.) and everything seems to be in working order again with one caveat: when I reattached the front cover with the 3-wire connector unplugged and lit the pilot, I got a 5-flash error (indicating that there was a sensor failure) rather than the 7-flash error. It lights easily, but wont stay lit. Put the cover back on temporarily with the connector still disconnected. Thanks Randy. Its an excellent description, and if you dont already have the new valve, I suggest you try that first. HELP, what step to go. I finally decided I would remove the burner unit & giveit a thorough cleaning (blow, brush & vacuum the screen) in the morning. > little white reset button doesnt seem to have any effect!?! New controller on the way but hot water is now flowing. Isnt there any way to tell the gas valve to quit having a hissy fit and get back to work? https://www.flickr.com/photos/86570218@N06/17486404251. Came back and it fired right up. As many others have suggested, perhaps this is the event which started the fail process? I will be calling the Whirlpool number to see if I can get a replacement valve unit before this one goes out for good! Cold water for 3 days in winter. Got a 7 blink code which cleared to a 1 blink normal code after a few minutes. I have a state water heater (which are made by A.O. Although the majority on this thread are dealing with Whirlpool heaters and the infamous 4 flashes of death, my heater is a brand new Rheem, installed just a couple weeks ago. This may be rather new as Honeywell does not even have a WV8840C listed yet (or it may be an OEM spec valve which is proprietary and not published. Looking at the V of the Valve body pins, the left top pin is the pilot valve. Turned the dial to low and it started heating. My plan was to fix it Saturday and replace the entire unit with the new one. The bottom pin is ground ((-) on the battery)Connect the (-) negative of the battery there with a clip lead. Should save this to a word fileBut hopefully I wont ever need them again..My water heater is 2 years old and has a 6 year warranty on parts..I called Monday morning and spoke to a Johnathon (real nice fella) and he shipped me the whole thermostat assembly. The thermal switch on the hot water heater was broken. Flushing the tank briefly seems to be a pre-requisite for this fix, so do that first. (White on the right and RED on the left as they would be with the cover on). Especially, drain the sediment from the tank. There is no need to completely remove the board from the plastic control valve cover. Of course I would have to pay for service. When the first unit failed, I drained out most of the water, sediment appeared minimal. Tom. I called Whirlpool again, they agreed to ship a new replacement for $30 shipment again! HELP !! my brand new kenmore water heater has a weird smell coming from it, its not really a gas smell ,at least I dont think it is ,anyways my question is.. Is it supposed to smell the first few days or should I b worried? Thanks for the info. and cannot get circuit board outtheres a screw of some sort and and something that looks like glass attached before it will let go? 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. Thats the problem, not Honeywell they just build a piece of crap (in China). )and insert the circuit board back onto the 3 Valve body pins as it normally would be (circuit components showing) without the cover attached. I now have no indicator lights at all and when I try to relight the pilot it does not appear that the gas valve is opening for pilot flow at all. An extremely tense situation with 2 women in the house, Monday morning (Wife and daughter) and no hot water was avoided by the above fix. And everybody wonders why plumbers charge what they do. With 4 flashes, I unplugged the little cable for about 10 minutes and replugged in and got 7 flashes, but after another 10 minutes or so, it reverted to 1 flash and fired up. She did say they were including a return label if I would be so kind to return the faulty part so they could examine why these are giving out so quickly. If at first you dont succeed, try, try again. You can open up both the old and replacement valve, and just swap the fronts of the valves, containing the recalcitrant circuit board, leaving the back part that connects to the gas pipes in place. Thank you so much Tyler for this website & Dan for the awesome reset solution & others who contributed their variations of that! Oh, I see. Now it is one-blinking again. 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! Using a flat tip screwdriver remove the bottom screw that holds the housing on. Save honeywell wv8840b1109 to get e-mail alerts and updates on your eBay Feed. Move the control to Hot and the Water Heater main burner should come on. I called toll-free number on side of tank (877-817-6750), described my issue and gave a serial number. US Government safety features. I hear a click when the pilot tube opens but no 2nd click for the main tube. would encourage you to waste the money on a new part. In the meantime I figured the shutoff valve to the WH was not working then started to leak! Manufactured by Honeywell. Cheers. I copied and pasted your instructions into word and saved the file. Think Ill leave my old one on till it goes out again then replace with new one. Fall Protection Products. 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