Note that sometimes it can be hard to get the valve closed completely if this was the first time and you had never done it before in years of use. The pilot on my waterheater went out over night. Rheems quality control gets low marks for the initial failure. If this problem happens again I plan on wiring a small push-button to the two top terminals and mount it the plastic cover for an easy reset switch! I told her I would, but more I think about it, F that! I am convinced there is a design problem with this product and this item should be recalled. Youll save money and aggravation in the long term. I did that search but you Can Not find just the circuit board. and then it might come back on or not. They said they couldnt do anything about that. Voltage Maximum: 850 mV dc, open circuit. Id rather spend money at some local cage, or boxing matches here in So. I even suspect there is a simpler method to do it than the one Ill now detail. The two 10 inch jumpers wrapped around the left and right pins was the method that worked for me. Take the front cover off. The previous water-heater was never flushed in its 20 year life (the tank started leaking). Im just saying that you dont have to install the whole valve, but can just swap out the parts you need to make the old one work again. 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. All working fine now. I just frankenvalved my unit last night and it is working like a charm! The main burner would go out without being up to temp (it may of been shutting off on the high limit ?) This changed to normal flashing within a few minutes. Cheers. ~ diy-home-projects.vwx.info. For $75 theyll come out to asses. Should be some code or combination of codes, possibly including a 7. How can this have been going on for years and not have been fixed? (With the three wire plug OFF and the pilot on I was getting a 7 code only.) Of course I am out $120 (twice!) I re installed it and got the 7 flashes instead of the four flashes. Had to have come Tuesday. I installed the new valve and cleaned up the mess. It, too, does not get any flashes after the pilot is lit. Untwist wires and relight pilot. Gently wiggle out the housing. This is what he had me do: Cant see internally if it is different. Kenmore water heater purchased at OSH in 2012. I really dont need those (collective) idiots telling me what is safe and what is not. When I relit the heater, it started up just fine and went into the normal 1-flash mode and still is, a day later. You can only find the entire assembly. One of the comments below, describes a way to do this by hooking a battery to a couple of connection points on the board. Since my valve is under warranty, I will be replacing it. If you havent done it in a while, theres a very good chance that it will help solve whatevers going on. Im 67, and have somehow managed not to blow myself up without a FV sensor by not keeping flammable stuff by open flames, like water heaters and furnaces. Water Heater Gas Control Valve For Honeywell Whirlpool WV8840B1109 WV8840B1042. All that Sears tried to do was sell me a warranty extension for $199. i followed your instructions and bingo! Instead, the tank becomes unusable. Voltage Minimum: 350 mV dc, open circuit. But, dont buy a water heater from the DIY in any case. They dont want to send any more parts until I pay someone to come look at it. Can a control valve partially fail like this? I saw some white crystals come out but not that bad. I dis-assembled the cover and the circuit board, then tested the actual gas valve by itself using a AA battery and jumper wires (mentioned elsewhere above earlier) ( negative (-) to the bottom of V and positive to left upper pin of V. So I got no click (but supposed to get a click). It is also an adjustable regulator that insures proper gas pressure for combustion. I have a GE water heater with a blower motor on top. For more information forwardthinking.honeywell.com Home and Building Technologies 1985 Douglas Drive North Golden Valley, MN 55422 . ! coming from me! Push for 5 seconds then light fixed mine. Youre freaking awesome! If at first you dont succeed, try, try again. Thanks to the website and posters for saving me a lot of trouble. I do believe I will call for my warranty replacement anyway as it is likely needed. It is . THANKS & GOD BLESS. Cold water for 3 days in winter. At least it works again and Ill have the replacement ready if it ever fails again. Because, when they shop at Lowes (and other DIY stores), people dont always, every time, ask them, You carry repair parts for this, right? This would do the same as pulling the connector off the board and relighting the pilot momentarily. 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. This should at least get you hot water and time to get another controller from like Amazon. the wife is happy again. When I turn the dail on I IMMEDIATELY turn the dial all the way up to the highest setting and back to the lowest repeatedlyI did it 7 times in quick succession. Reinstall the cover. My plan was to fix it Saturday and replace the entire unit with the new one. I have not found a procedure to un-fault a Honeywell Electronic gas controller on any web site, so I think I am the only one to do this. No battery, no removing of circuit board, just a short jumper wire. All models of WT8840 include an integrated NTC temperature sensor. I tried to jump the posts a few times (Using twist tie wire, no battery) but kept getting the 4 blinks. At just 3 months old the second unit failed! I pay for labor and after much debate they agreed to pay for parts. Thank you for you detailed instructions. NEVER TO BE PURCHASED AGAIN. I would like to get my hands on the jerk that designed that piece of sh___. A good business would be to offer a replacement board that has been restored for use to customers blessed with this hunk of junk! Pilot is lit but the led will not blink red at all it, how to reset this valve. It is likely a Super Cap of 1 farad or more used for short term memory retention. Anyway, I bought that same heater (2 insulation) only a couple years ago. CORRECTING LAST SENTENCE: main valve (Right pin to (+), So I would recommend to you ( with Valve off the water heater and no gas applied, to test the pilot valve (left pin to (+))with the AA battery, and test the main valve (Right pin to (+)), and each individually should click, photo of pilot valve solenoid Follow these warnings exactly: 1. 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. BUT, the adapter for the wire harness only goes into the new board one way. Does anybody know of an other brand that could replace this crap of a unit? I got my first shower in after 2 days. I also drained some water then flushed a lot. I spoke with Whirlpool (Honeywell gas valve) and they sent me a new valve. I dont know if I ever got the red lights flashing. Keep track of which front is which! Thank you so much Tyler for this website & Dan for the awesome reset solution & others who contributed their variations of that! ~ diy-home-tips.vwx.info, Home Projects: Is It A Problem That I Have Two Of Each Color Wires On My Honeywell Thermostat?. After just a couple of minutes the code changed to 1 and now I have hot water. After the pilot heats the thermopile, and the LED blinks, I released the Red knob but the pilot would not stay on. I agree but the cheapest I have found a valve is $199.00 plus shipping and tax. This is the second time Ive had to replace the valve. The newer ones have been Fixed so they will not reset. Called and set appointment. SUPER FIX< SUPER POST. Page bookmarked! If it does not open then that means the pilot did not stay on. Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Honeywell RTH6580WF Wi-Fi 7 Resetting #$%@!! https://www.flickr.com/photos/7428166@N07/14129889951/ Now the light changed from flashing 4 times to flashing 7 times. Few minutes later, gave me the all clearThermostat requiring heat (No faults). As he indicated, YOU DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK! Loreleafs procedure (5 January 2016) worked for me remove cover and short 2 pins with a screwdriver. I cant believe this actually worked!!! Thx loreleaf for the post and pics. Much obliged. It lights easily, but wont stay lit. Pre-Owned. The thing is less then a week old!! 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. Apparently cutting the power and going through the high-low setting twice is a reset procedure. The Water heater will appear to be working now, but in a several seconds it will figure out that something is wrong, and it will shutdown the pilot valve and the fire will shut off. (Held the pilot open manually for 10 minutes. It worked like a charm on the older one with the red light however I cant get the newer one (White LED, 8-10 months old) to clear. Start the pilot by moving the knob to 6 oclock and press it in to start the gas and press the piezo starter button on the cover (you have to press the button between two fingers so it will not pop out of the cover it is possible to get shocked so maybe use a glove) several times until it lights. Regarding 7 flashes means Gas Control electronic fault Did the reset and got a replacement valve on the way. Pull the black clips on the red and white wires straight outwards to unplug them. It will not attempt to clear its own fault after it faults. 2. I said BS, send me a new module. It is held in by one T-15 tork screw that would be uncommon for most folks. 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! Turned the dial to low and it started heating. 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. ~ diy-home-projects.vwx.info, Home Projects: How Do I Remove This Exterior Water Valve Cap?. Since the new board (white light) worked, I slapped it on there and fired it up so we could have water for showers for work, etc. Set the dial to a reasonable temperature that wont upset the finicky little thing, and you should be good to go. shut off the pilot and reconnect the 3 wire plug and but the cover back on. Sponsored. I wish I had known this a few months ago. Didnt work first time but tried it again and let board set for 10 minutes unplugged before relighting pilot. My contacts with them left me in complete distrust, with the feeling that their solution failed to provide any real value, and my belief that while they may get my water heater working again, Id be left lighter in the wallet after being taken for an unpleasant ride that I could have (and did!) 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). I completely drained the tank and had a little sediment, not much since I have a whole house filter on the incoming supply. So the fault condition DID (initially) reset itself. Glad I found this post. I fitted the WH with a cheap garden hose when I installed it last year and ran the hose permanently to outdoors for convenience. It did not need to be reset (zero resistance across the terminals). Wow it worked great. [] research briefly mention entertaining ? This is if the controller just will not cooperate. Slide the power switch on I pulled the cover yesterday , left every thing hooked up. On my particular Honeywell gas valve, model WV8840B1109, the error codes indicate the following: FLASHES STATUS 0 Control Off/Pilot Out 1 Normal Operation 2 Thermopile Voltage Low 4 High Temperature Shutdown 5 Temperature Sensor Failure 7 Gas Control or Valve Failure 8 Flame Sensor Error Just plug the starter lead back into the connector to the ignitor and place the back (brass colored) end of the starter against a metal part of the water heater. 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. On Thursday plubmer came over to install the worthless Whirlpool 40 gallon piece of junk water heater. Get a contractor model. Apparently the probe was too sensitive to heat caused by sediment build up. Thank you , thank you, thank you all in particular thank you David Boone. To RaulDLCs 3/25/2015 post: There should be labels red and white on the gas valve to help you plug them back the right way. Heater is only 7 months old. No, Im not participating. 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. This controller issue is a serious concern for me as I often leave for weeks at a time with the rest of the family to tend to the fort, but they would not know what to do, so I shall have to give specific instructions with pics etc. I told them I had four flashes and the serial number. * Honeywell Gas Valve on a Water [], [] How turn water main cutoff valve , In event main water valve fails, final backstop operate shut water house: main water valve street.. How to Turn Off Your Water Using the Main Cutoff Valve on 411 plumb: &p valve water heater leaking, Learn determine &p valve water heater leaking fix leaking &p valve.. 411 Plumb: The T&P Valve On My Water Heater Is LeakingResetting #$%@!! I am now one of the afflicted and would not like to have to go through this every 18 months. Fall Protection Products. 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! Fixed? Glad you got it back going. Air PRO Air Security PRO Security Water PRO Water Energy PRO Energy Partner with Resideo Pro Perks Read all these posts Sunday and tried the unplugging of the board then relighting pilot. I have set a reminder in outlook to drain my tank once a year from now on. I didnt mind to pay for the shipping cost, but, what I minded was the device was poorly made. inlet and. I have dealt with the dreaded 4 blinks three times. )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 had to be transferred to water heater division and wait on hold a while but it was well worth it.). Wouldnt it make more sense to not let the dial go that high? as the faint click was heard and the flashing light reappeared, it was now only blinking once! The customer service representative explained to me that I needed a new Gas Valve and that if there was a store around me that had the Gas Valve, I could buy there (Menards, etc.) Took a wire and touched the two pins where the thermo plugs in. 5. All, I called Whirlpool and they didnt hesitate to send a replacement which I need overnight because of my work schedule, so the $30 is worth it. I am trying to get an idea of how reliable the soluton is. Because of these differences, I would recommend NOT to only replace the board, but to replace everything! Turn off the gas, just to be on the safe side, even though were not going to be messing with the pipes. 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 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. Reverse the above steps to mount the new front onto the old back thats still hooked to the water heater. * honeywell gas valve water, Slide ribbon wires clip housing, front gas valve free. Correction, meant to say gas control valve, not thermostat. When I screw the gas adapter, just half way in the screw, the housing cracked. Deliberately, maliciously, and probably under the pretense of safety. Im an Innkeeper with few local options for help or assistance and will be following some great advice here. Bioluminescent Reindeer and the Value of Diversity. Twist the phone wires together, the burner lit for about 20 seconds then shut off. After spending 51 minutes with Sears customer non-service the problem was resolved within 20 minutes following Davids instructions. contact customer service and see . 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. Can you let me know if your WH is still working? Setting this one at hot results in about 120F as noted elsewhere, which is hotter than one can stand for continuous exposure. w.c.) maximum inlet pressure, Body Pattern: 90 degrees with 1/2 in. Tried taking the cover off, unplugging connectors, pushing the pilot button with the connector plugged in, not plugged in, still got nothing. By the time I returned (maybe 30 minutes later), the led had returned to its normal blue 1-flash mode. 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. At least then Ill have a stockpile when the water heater is out of warranty. Most others had it for from $200.00. After turning the heater off and shutting off the gas to the unit. when I drained it I observed no sediment ! When I contacted Rheem again, without hesitation they said they were Fed-Exing me a new valve. Just one stinking notch! For two years I would drain out 5 gallons of water every two months to remove sediment. 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. Put the cover back on temporarily with the connector still disconnected. And two finger-pressable connectors at the top. Tom. But they knew nothing about that. $49.89. Some points to consider: 1. They are the 3 thin metal posts that stick out beyond everything else in an upside down triangular V pattern. Four flashes only happens if the water overheated different problem. But, I didnt know that the new board (white light) had been fixed so it seemingly cant be reset So I think I just screwed myself trying to cut corners and buy a few extra days. This is an excellent solution. THANK YOU! Opens in a new window or tab. 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. OMG!! Bought my Whirlpool at Lowes. Rebooted the pilot and set to just below HOT. I took the battery idea and did a minor mod. My background issue: The heater would simply stop working every once in a while, with no lights flashing whatsoever. You can save delay and $hundreds in plumber fees by fixing the part thats gone on strike. Wife called whirlpool Monday. Lady on phone said they werent aware of any problems but our heater still under warranty and would send us a new valve. I was reading how you guys help one another and just thought AWESOME! 2. 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. Its not the likely culprit, but possible. 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 have a slight modification to make it even easier!!! I cleaned burner and vents as well. Clearly the valve controller is mis-designed. Thank you! This is a BRAND NEW Honeywell Gas Water Heater Control Valve. Charles, The Jaccuzi is available at Lowes. All models of, WT8840 include an integrated NTC temperature, The WT8840 is powered from a thermopile heated by, the standing pilot flame. It was very difficult to flush out and I ended removing it by use of a shop-vac and small hose modified to get through the valve hole. I bought the rheem propane water heater6 months ago now its giving me problem 2 blinks every 3 secondsTHERMOPILE voltage low. These things foul the sensor causing the 4 blink death light pattern. 40 gal, nat gas, no external attachments. for labor. Im trying this tomorrow morning. What top left and right pins, can you show a picture. Water heater runs both water AND heating in the home 0 degrees in Denver right now! Thanks for the above suggestions. Had a 7 blinking light. Keep the knob pressed in until the Pilot valve opens (a click sound and the status light starts blinking on the circuit board). Wow, you are the man, I used old speaker wires, a doubleAand masking tape, I dont have any clips, followed your instructionsabout five times, nothinghappening,at one point I did touch the left pin with the positive and heard a click, after that thenext three tries it all worked like you said. COPY OF Honeywell Water Heater Gas Valve Instruction/ Spec. What is top left pin and the top right pin you arereferring to, while holdingcircuit board still inside the controllerassembly and facing towards me which corner are youreferring to, can you please give me some details or a picture thatwould be great. I think you could reset the controller by taking off the two leads to the thermocouple and short the two connecter tabs on the bottom right of the controller together for a couple of minutes. I have well water. Why wont the cops shut Whirlpool down? Two plastic clips at the top are holding the cover on. Probably had sediment on bottom and overworked it. I had to do it 2 times, but it is now making hot water again. I released the pilot knob and advanced the setting to HOT and the main burner came on.. Yay. Ernie. Honeywell has a scam going, I paid over $500,00 for my water heater and several hundred to have it installed, since day one I have had nothing but trouble with the Honeywell thermostat,gas valve. This is huge the most important post. The later version has a board-edge trace for accepting another type of slip-on connector. 8: Once the status is blinking, set the temperature to desired level. I have a water heater that is 18 months old and Im already repairing it? I will clean up the old unit when removed and keep as spare. They may just reset it, then charge again for the next time it needs resetting. Thanks for the site.. Guys, this is a great post Thanks I FIXED IT but, make it EASY FOR DUMMIES after spending hours reading this I FOUND the EASIEST WAY to fix the 4 blink issue Just lit the pilot take out the plastic cover with the pilot on, do not disconnect any cords, use aflat-bladed screwdriver. just short (touch) the top 2 left pins( there is a set of 4 pins together use the 2 on the left) and the led light will go off and the pilot will shut off too, put the plastic cover back to the unit and DONE!! Still working after these few months? Folks, here is the problem with this controller design. My heater approximately 3 years old. But get this They now want owners to drain and flush their tanks every 6 months so calcium will not build up on the sensors! > Why doesnt Lowes carry repair parts for the water heaters they sell? I will never buy anything from Kenmore or Honeywell! After reassembly and firing up the pilot there was a 4 code and a 5 code. Everything is good. It took right off and has been working fine. Thank you all for your help. smith), the gas valve went bad so I had to replace it. Wow, amazing! Last one. I did follow the advise of flushing the tank. Draining your tank yearly may have prevented this but who the hell does that. DO NOT BUY THIS THERMOSTAT! One morning I woke up to find no lights on the Gas Valve panel. It replaces the old part numbers listed below. Probably not, but it was worth a try. Went back to buy a new thermostat. 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. If it reads less than 12 volts, you may need to replace your gas valve or controller. In any event, my thanks to all of you who suggested steps to take in this matter. 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. That was their only solution. The comfort range is very small. Now it is one-blinking again. However, the length and duration of self-correcting fault conditions rapidly grew more frequent and longer over a matter of days. The screw on the back of the control board is a Torx T-15 size. I have a 2 yr old whirlpool 30 gal gas model with the Honeywell valve unit. It is now running with no problems thank you for saving me 125$ plus shipping. Of Course I am here because I got a call from my mother in-law that they had no hot water on the their brand new Water Heater. It took a while but I hope it is sufficient to extend the life of the valve. Other Issues That Cause Pilot Light Outages Mounting: Mounting in upright position only. Then I came down later when I felt the barely warm water. The wt8840 is powered from a thermopile heated by the standing pilot flame. Started looking on line for a replacement and came across this site. Product Support. The water heater would not work properly right out of the box. Thanks again. Two days ago, the replacement unit also died. HELP !! Whirlpool owners are fortunate that the company is sending them replacement valves. Be gentle; its only plastic. I finally decided I would remove the burner unit & giveit a thorough cleaning (blow, brush & vacuum the screen) in the morning. WV8840B1110 has been discontinued Discontinued December 15, 2019 This product was discontinued by the manufacturer. Now, for the praise! It does have all of the same issues and the dreaded 4 flashes of death. So this is the only site I could find regarding this stupid gas valve!!! To be continued. Pilot light will come on but wont stay on after releasing the button. I have a red knob with green LED, and white cover. Had to do it twice for it to reset. Still no flashes.) When the pilot wont light and there are no flashes, the problem is generally that the heating chamber got too hot and tripped the safety interlock. The light and the whole board is powered by a Thermo-electric generator powered by the pilot light. Thank you sooomuch and my daughter thanks you, hot water is a must for her. Just for reference THISpicture shows the wire that attaches to the control board. 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 dont seem to see a little white reset button. Once reinstalled, it went into the 7 flash mode, but the pilot lit, and when set to HIGH it fired right off. So Im thinking that a dirty or intermittent pot could momentarily go open and the controller could see that as a fatal error which could not usually be recovered from. 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. Count the number of flashes and look it up in the manual. Also, is the setpoint continuously variable as the dial is turned, or are the labeled settings stepped and all there are? This procedure worked like a charm. That SHOULD simply cause the heat source to have to stay on longer to heat water, not get the water too hot; 3. I would like to pursue the same solution (get a replacement). I reset the temp to my standard setting and it heated up fine. So a few notes to help those that are experiencing the same thing: 1. It may show now the normal 1 code or it may show a 7 or maybe a 2. DO NOT buy a water heater from Lowes. 1: Remove the cover (it just snaps on & off with out tools on mine), 2: Unplug the three wire connector on the top-back of the circuit-board (no need to remove it from the cover so no tools required). Still under warranty and would send us a new module battery, no removing of circuit,. That the company is sending them replacement valves the shipping cost, but it is now making water... 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