Quality was very bad. 2. Its a Reliant water heater, but at Menards. This item: WV8840B1109 Gas Valve for Honeywell Whirlpool Water Heaters - WV8840B1109 WV8840B1042 $429.99 Fixitshop Water Heater Pilot Assembely Includes Pilot Thermocouple and Tubing Natural 24" $14.99 Water Heater Pilot Assembely Includes Pilot Thermocouple and Tubing LP Propane $14.99 Product information Technical Details Additional Information I have to buy parts, shipping and all. When drained completely,the bottom held a white goo that had a slimy feel with crystals. Just to let everyone know, the above fix by DB works! as the faint click was heard and the flashing light reappeared, it was now only blinking once! they refused to sell me a new control///, i will not buy awhirlpool; any thing again////////////. Note which color is on which side. The gas valve is a Honeywell WV8840C1406, red led which changes to blue, 1 flash, when everything is working right. 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. 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. I came home from a 10hr workday Wednesday to a cold shower! Once reinstalled, it went into the 7 flash mode, but the pilot lit, and when set to HIGH it fired right off. Mine quit working last Wednesday (Christmas Eve), with a house full of company. 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. water heater $500-$800, pro lic installer $400 $30-$$60 shipping cost for Valve. Let me reiterate the steps Charles and I did so it will be on the end of the thread and readily visible. Function: The gas valve is a low voltage control (usually 24 VAC) that allow gas into the combustion chamber. I have another place with a Rheem Propane Tankless where the lowest normal setting is 100F. Wednesday morning earlylooked on porch for another package I was expecting and found the new control valve. Hot water is a good thing!! Should I bootstrap the thing by supplying my own voltage of 750mv and try David Boones most excellent fault reset procedure? In fact, not only have they not fixed the problem, some instructions I found online lead me to believe that they deliberately introduced this feature after the original design. My error condition began with very short intervals of error which reset themselves without my doing anything. When I came back to check the water heater, I saw that the light was flashing normally. 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. The final straw while talking to Rheem tech support the main burner lit for 1 second, went out, and relit 2 seconds later. The same issues and the dreaded 4 flashes of death. From this thread it is not true that the 4 flash fault is fatal. Rheem, to their credit, is overnight shipping a new sensor to replace the bad one in the new Home Depot Rheem that I installed yesterday. I havent opened the valve yet out of curiosity but from what I read here, the Capacitor sounds like a good culprit. Your expert advice was successful. 4 Blinks will still happen. US Government safety features. WT8840 TRADE WATER HEATER CONTROLS 34-00013EF01 2 PLANNING THE INSTALLATION WARNING Fire or Explosion Hazard. Thank you! i did just what you described and my water heater is finally on. How can this have been going on for years and not have been fixed? After reading most of this string I found a small piece of wire between the pilot light pin and main valve pin after pilot light was on did clear the code after relighting the pilot again to flashing 7 which normalized to one flash shortly after. I will never buy anything from Kenmore or Honeywell! I just found this article. the wife is happy again. I waited to see if the pilot would go off, but about 3 minutes later it started flashing normal, once every 3 seconds. My wife thinks Im brilliant. If I had found this earlier I would have saved the next day shipping and done the $10 one. I have set a reminder in outlook to drain my tank once a year from now on. (PSFlushing the tank as others have posted is sound advice to), YOU, MY FRIEND, ARE A FRICKING GENIUS IT WORKES. It is powered from a thermopile heated by the standing pilot flame. 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 $$. I have 2 bad Gas valves that i tried this on. I am deeply in the debt of David Boone and would offer to buy you lunch should we ever meet. NEVER TO BE PURCHASED AGAIN. Heater is only 7 months old. My unit was only 3 years old! Connect the RED and WHITE power wires back on the two connections on the circuit board. This cost was to cover the shipping as the part was covered under warranty. 3. I have not had hot water since Thursday night. Called phone number on the tank and they overnighted a new valve. Also remove heat sensor to check possible problem, no issue. I called Whirlpool again, they agreed to ship a new replacement for $30 shipment again! Appreciate the guidance. Lady on phone said they werent aware of any problems but our heater still under warranty and would send us a new valve. Can you let me know if your WH is still working? Manual 34-00013EF-06. Got the ominous 4 flash a couple days ago after turning heat up too high. I have drained the tank twice and in both cases I got virtually NO SEDIMENT out of my water heater. I would like to pursue the same solution (get a replacement). 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. Pulled off the cover with the dial still on pilot position the pilot light died and the light didnt flash. Thank you Tyler and all the responses. Ive had my Rheem 7 months . Hogwash!! worked for me. Few minutes later, gave me the all clearThermostat requiring heat (No faults). Thank you for your terrific post. All working fine now. I have 4 blinking lights. Theres a little white reset button on the plate covering the combustion chamber, but that doesnt seem to have any effect!?! David Boone-you are a godsend. Also turn the black dial to Off. 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. Thanks Randy. But we know different, Sounds like a lot of us are having the some problem: 1 viewed per hour. I am so happy that the company replaced it for you. It took right off and has been working fine. A good business would be to offer a replacement board that has been restored for use to customers blessed with this hunk of junk! Fall Protection Products. I replaced it in a couple of hours and we were back in business. and submit my receipt for them to reimburse the cost (up to $153). I lit the pilot, and the indicator returned to 1 regular blink (the sign of normal function) as the gas flowed to the burner and ignited. Just install the board with the cover removed as outlined. faile, hot water thermostat is not cutting off at preset, My water heater has a Honeywell WV8840B1109 contro, My WV8840B1109 flashes a "High Temp Shutdown" code, where do I hook up my vent controls on my new Hone, honeywell n40t91403 water heater not lighting, Can I get a manual for a Honeywell product #WV8840, pilot light blink 4 times every 3 seconds says ove, The pilot light went out and we gave not been able, Gas is shooting out of the hotwater thermostate, to connect hot water heaters with Honeywell themos, Copyright 2020 Inmar-OIQ, LLC All Rights Reserved. Obviously weve all had our issues with the apparently worthless Honeywell controller. Emptied tank and there wasnt much sediment. Honeywell Wv8840B1158 Manual. New controller on the way but hot water is now flowing. So thanks to commenters earlier, before, and above. If peoples replacement valves with the white indicator lights dont fail about the same rate as the old ones, maybe Honeywell has resolved the issue. and cannot get circuit board outtheres a screw of some sort and and something that looks like glass attached before it will let go? WV8840B1110 has been discontinued Discontinued December 15, 2019 This product was discontinued by the manufacturer. The Right top Pin is the main gas valve. On one end make two tiny wraps to fit over the left and right pins on the valve under the cover like described elsewhere. That was their only solution. Praise GOD. Their knowledge and expertise has a value. Last year I had the blinks. Cost to replace Honeywell Water Heater Wv880b1309 0 Solutions The pilot light went out and we gave not been able Here is what I did with pictures to solve this issue. Four flashes only happens if the water overheated different problem. There should be labels red and white on the gas valve to help you plug them back the right way. I was afraid of cooking the old board. 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). I have dealt with the dreaded 4 blinks three times. I hope this helps others! Going to researching flushing and cleaning the tank for good maintenance. 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 reason I got a new WH was so there would be no problems! Thats the problem, not Honeywell they just build a piece of crap (in China). Within a couple minutes it reverted to 1 flash, and is working fine. The original red light gas valve broke after 2 years. I replaced the bad push button with the old one and did the Franken valve face switch. One of the comments below, describes a way to do this by hooking a battery to a couple of connection points on the board. So since my controller is under warranty I will get a new one, may pay $10 for shipping or try and find one in town where they charge Honeywell directly, they gave me a special number to give to the store. Time will tell. I hear a click when the pilot tube opens but no 2nd click for the main tube. After refitting the cover and lighting the pilot again, this resulted in the 7 flashes as mentioned in another post. 5. I am now an expert at gas valves. The valve location is high enough on the tank that sediment likely wont interfere with its temperature sensing ability; 2. One other thing I could mention and that is there is likely more to this story than what is apparent. I would like to get my hands on the jerk that designed that piece of sh___. So far, so good but was looking up things that could go wrong and found this page. I had worked on a water heater that was in a flooded basement and had to open up the sealed combustion chamber, remove the burner/pilot/ignitor/thermopile assembly and dry out the ignitor with a hair dryer for about 15 minutes before it was capable of showing a spark again. Lessons learned eh? Any ideas? If it finds a fault, it will shutdown. I got right on the phone to service again and the first person said they would send out another Gas Control Valve, this time no charge for the shipping. The thing is less then a week old!! I nervously turned the controller dial to the 9 oclock position, the burner burst to life, and today I have hot water again. The wt8840 is powered from a thermopile heated by the standing pilot flame. (Published under a different name to sow maximal confusion). And Im paying $30 for a part I shouldnt be replacing? ** sorry, I took no pictures; the capacitor is round, about 1/2 diameter, about 1/2 tall, dark color. Thanks to the website and posters for saving me a lot of trouble. I understand that the Honeywell product is in recall. I did the upper left/upper right. https://www.flickr.com/photos/7428166@N07/13946581980/ Thanks! water heater wv8840n5068 0 solutions can i get a manual for a honeywell product #wv8840 honeywell water heater wv8840b1109 0 solutions water heater manual honeywell water heater wv8840b5068 0 solutions pilot light blink 4 times every 3 . I have a newer version. I left the piezo starter installed in the plastic cover. Its not very complicated, really. Thank you , thank you, thank you all in particular thank you David Boone. By the way, the 3 year warranty expired 3 week ago. 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. Grow your service sales with the Honeywell WT8840. But they knew nothing about that. The light started the all is good single blink and the furnace fired up. Ernie. Tried removing the cover, unplugging 3 wire plug, and then lighting pilot again. 6. In that case, the pilot light will not stay lit and you do not get the four flashes. step by step please for dummies. taken care of on my own. Unscrew one screw at the bottom of the gas valve. It is interesting to note that 106F is normally just about as hot as you can stand in the shower. 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. Called for a replacement through AOS Smith and in the meantime followed Davids How to un-fault a controller mission with success. I have to say that thhis is amazing. detected: When this happens after the four flashes, it seems like this is saying something like, There has been a fault detected, and there is no fault any more. In other words, there was a fault and it went away. Let people know on FB and other places that these tanks are equipped with a flawed Gas Control Valve. A day or so after install, I did raise the temp just a tad to 130. 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 . Unfortunately, Charles, your fix did not work for me. Okay. The Whirlpool helpline says I have to replace the gas valve. Only 1 day without hot water thanks to you. Fixed it last night and still have hot water this morning. They dont want to send any more parts until I pay someone to come look at it. 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 . I turned the knob to just the Hot setting and it fired up ! I didnt want the sealant to contaminate my water. Had to have come Tuesday. Basically the Honeywell Electronic Gas Water Heater Controllers are crap (so far). It takes a T-15 screwdriver to remove the cover. And so the very thin wires (at point where wire became tinned or soldered) became brittle and had broken. The seven blink disappeared shortly after that. This crap adds $15,000+ to our new automobiles. I have not touched mine in any way, just been doing watchful observation until I have (and now do have) new valve in hand. Why wont the cops shut Whirlpool down? Good to know! NEVER AGAIN! Tankless sounds good to me, but Im not an expert just another hapless victim who has learned from experience one more thing not to do. I had to be transferred to water heater division and wait on hold a while but it was well worth it.). With the new unit, since it goes into the water tank itself, do you need to drain all the water from the tank before replacing it? I suggest, like anything else you want to buy online, among those sellers with good reviews, choose the one with the best price. The note is just a comment I know it really does not apply to your situation. I believe I was getting 7 flashes until turning burner on and in a short time the flashes went to normal 1 flash. Fix Bypass with a 15k, 2 watt resistor, and no problem. But the whole process raises a couple of questions in m y mind. 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! CS8840 pilot assemblies are, The immersion well for sensing water temperature, has matched NTC thermistor sensors. Keep the knob pressed in until the Pilot valve opens (a click sound and the status light starts blinking on the circuit board). Thank you Tyler and all the great contributors on this thread. I must say the internet is a life saver for problems like these. I touched the two top ones. If you cant get the pilot lit, the thermopile that generates the .75 volt power to the controller will not be generating any power either. Then connected one end of wire to the metal frame of the valve and randomly shorted numerous positions on the bottom of the circuit board.. i.e. Chapters Replacing Honeywell WV8840B1042 WV8840B1109 WV8840B1110 with WT8840B1000 5 flash blink error problem Nathan LeMarbe 592 subscribers Subscribe 4.7K views 2 years ago Just finished. When I put it back in it blinked 7 times. Should I replace the Temperature sensor? Bought my Whirlpool at Lowes. Miller 3/4" Grip. Two days ago, the replacement unit also died. I tried all the solutions that people had suggested and still had the 4 blink problem. The previous water-heater was never flushed in its 20 year life (the tank started leaking). Great just what I needed, obviously the plumber who installed the WH did not change the 30 yr old shut off valve at the same time! Anyhow, the next day I got the part. 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. The main gas valve will open and the burner will fire up (If is does not fire up, it means the pilot was not lit and you should disconnect the battery and start over when the gas clears). It may show now the normal 1 code or it may show a 7 or maybe a 2. I am not sure if holding the temperature button in is electronic or mechanically acts on the pilot valve (would hope the latter). Then plugged them in and lit pilot. Twist the phone wires together, the burner lit for about 20 seconds then shut off. It will stay on once i jump the top left and right pins but it wont clear the code. This procedure worked like a charm. I have a water heater that is 18 months old and Im already repairing it? I had issues let the unit sit and drain. Thx loreleaf for the post and pics. I also drained some water then flushed a lot. I put a speaker wire on the positive then putthe board and on the water heater. 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. Last one. One small jumper wire is all thats needed! I turned it back down but now the machine is offended or something and wont work at all. 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 shorted every connection on the board to the only connection marked GND rather than wait the hour. The led light will go off and the pilot will shut off as well. I completely drained the tank and had a little sediment, not much since I have a whole house filter on the incoming supply. then buying parts, or paying for those appreciated plumbersAll help, is appreciated! Was sent a new one with a bad (stuck) push button sparker. Also, the white light version has NO COM connector. Holy Crap DB! Big thanks from MN! DO NOT BUY THIS THERMOSTAT! If I had just changed out the circuit boards on the old control valve Id not have gained the better sensor. So far its been working fine. If it does, the fault should clear in a few seconds. Called and set appointment. At this point mine lit the main burner and blinked 7 a few times then blinked 1 1 1 1. Pilot is lit but the led will not blink red at all it, how to reset this valve. David Boone I Love You. Reverse the above steps to mount the new front onto the old back thats still hooked to the water heater. In the meantime I figured the shutoff valve to the WH was not working then started to leak! Plug the cord back in Mine got here today, wont be changing it. 2. when I drained it I observed no sediment ! I opened the cover again, left everything plugged in, took a piece of speaker wire with the plastic off of the ends, and held the wire ends to the top left pin and the top right pin for a few seconds. Honeywell WV8840B1109 Gas Water Heater Control Valve. 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!) If they dont match the actual wire colors for whatever insane reason, notice which is which. Tom. I also flushed the tank out twice by turning the supply on with the drain open. It is held in by one T-15 tork screw that would be uncommon for most folks. What is the easiest way to mimic the thermopile 750 milli volt so I can get the brains working without the pilot on. Thanks to this blog and everyones exploits with the Frankenvalve Heres what worked so far for me on a neighbors unit: 3. While most of it looks similar, I think the subtle differences incorporate a long(er) term fix. I am beyond pissed, Reliant has a warrantee but it dont cover parts!!! The water heater would not work properly right out of the box. Jolie, even you can do this. 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. This whole thread is very interesting. So that is an option for those that want one straight away in town, or they will reimburse you. smith), the gas valve went bad so I had to replace it. Buy It Now. Untwist wires and relight pilot. I didnt mind to pay for the shipping cost, but, what I minded was the device was poorly made. doctor dead, steampunk adventure set 1904 san francisco, . What top left and right pins, can you show a picture. I just bought a Rheem unit that has a Honeywell WV8840C1605 control valve. WV8840B1109 WV8840B1110 316910-000 316910-000 321166-000 100112336 & 9007884005 AO Smith AO Smith AO Smith WT8840B1500 2" insulation tank, 5" WC setting . Some points to consider: 1. My hat is off to you David, I followed you instruction and it clear the fault and is now heating my water. I am calling the plumber who installed it. It is . He gave me the $30 overnight speech but I opted for the $10 and some change shippingGot it 2 days later! My background issue: The heater would simply stop working every once in a while, with no lights flashing whatsoever. Deliberately, maliciously, and probably under the pretense of safety. thank you so much. 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. Im not certain it works in all cases, but if it does, youre all set to go. Now understand, Im a DIYer, but by no means am I a professional in plumbing, gas, electric or heating/cooling Im a computer guy that does home projects from time to time. 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. On the board? The question now is for how long? They have a manual shut off. So is there now way to reset the white light model? Will keep this for next year when it breaks again. Wait a minute to be sure, then turn the knob to off, and disconnect (the RED and WHITE power leads first) everything and reassemble the controller normally and start it back up. (With the three wire plug OFF and the pilot on I was getting a 7 code only.) 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. First, do NOT buy any water heater with this type of controller (you can zoom in on the ad pic. It is a V pattern. These sensors, provide the fail-safe mechanism through which the, temperature control as well as water temperature. This one broke after less that 1 year. Thanks forcreating this site! Is there a replacement gas valve that people have had success with? My new controller has a white blinking LED that will not reset. BONUS!!! First Responder. BTW I wouldnt try to short everything in sight to GND, because the board and components are conformally coated to seal out moisture, so you dont want to damage the coating. My plan was to fix it Saturday and replace the entire unit with the new one. Water heater runs both water AND heating in the home 0 degrees in Denver right now! Still four flashes. Im pretty sure the temp is infinitely adjustable, the marks are there as a reference. I shorted the 2 pins on top of the module base for maybe 30 seconds. A few days ago I noticed that the combustion was very loud, like the flame was pulsating or something (I didnt know I had a pulsejet at home). Randy- you da man. No, I dont know that you can buy just the circuit board. YES!!!!! Im looking for a replacement LPG gas control in Mexico (Im close to the border). I bought the rheem propane water heater6 months ago now its giving me problem 2 blinks every 3 secondsTHERMOPILE voltage low. 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. 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 !!!! 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. Model U1######## water heater natural gas, 30 gallon. burners are on. My install is brand new, so there is no connection to any sediment buildup causing any malfunction state. No battery, no removing of circuit board, just a short jumper wire. Since the old value was working again I just left it in there. Thanks to your solution I will have hot water until the replacement value arrives. . Id rather spend money at some local cage, or boxing matches here in So. It was enough hot for a fairly comfortable shower actually. Get it from e-bay, just look at picture to make sure it only has red & white wires to the right and NOwire to left side under COM.. Got the same 4 blinking lights Saturday . First, get a new valve. The pilot would light and I let it sit for a few minutes running on pilot. What the gas pressure has to do with a faulty temperature sensor is a mystery to me, and perhaps just part of their damage control process to delay things. Count the number of flashes and look it up in the manual. All models of, WT8840 include an integrated NTC temperature, The WT8840 is powered from a thermopile heated by, the standing pilot flame. Probably not, but it was worth a try. Thanks to all the posts here!!! 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. Not get the brains working without the pilot again, they agreed to ship a control///... 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