And Im paying $30 for a part I shouldnt be replacing? I finally decided I would remove the burner unit & giveit a thorough cleaning (blow, brush & vacuum the screen) in the morning. Hi I have a Honeywell gas valve and the pilot button popped off. My Whirlpool gas water heater is giving me the dreaded four blinks signal. did the light and turn the unit to hot and touched the other end of the speaker wire to the right upper of the V it fired up and reset. As the days moved on, it continued happening more frequently and each time the red 5-flash error condition persisted longer and longer before resetting itself. Let people know on FB and other places that these tanks are equipped with a flawed Gas Control Valve. Rebooted the pilot and set to just below HOT. Wow, amazing! However, the length and duration of self-correcting fault conditions rapidly grew more frequent and longer over a matter of days. Miller 3/4" Grip. I was reading how you guys help one another and just thought AWESOME! When I came back to check the water heater, I saw that the light was flashing normally. No brown or other weird looking water. If I dont update this entry, assume it is (for now). I did follow the advise of flushing the tank. Since my valve is under warranty, I will be replacing it. 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. The light started the all is good single blink and the furnace fired up. combustion chamber. 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? Finally this past week it was in the error mode and stayed there. They do have technical PDFs for the revision A and B valves thought those sheets do not have Un-fubar information listed. Could someone make a diagram or snap a pic and circle what posts to jumper? Plan the installation as outlined below Took a wire and touched the two pins where the thermo plugs in. I suggest going all the way and getting rid of the old plastic sensor. Second water heater weve put into this location in 3 years, due to bad Honeywell controllers. Keep the knob pressed in until the Pilot valve opens (a click sound and the status light starts blinking on the circuit board). This is actually minerals and should be drained. Looks like you guys have saved a lot of people a lot of $$! Note the LED flash sequence. Connect the RED and WHITE power wires back on the two connections on the circuit board. TOUGH! If the heating chamber gets too hot, the button pops out and the pilot will never light until you push it back in. No, I dont know that you can buy just the circuit board. Only 1 day without hot water thanks to you. All working fine now. Im pretty sure the temp is infinitely adjustable, the marks are there as a reference. not understanding this. I have the exact electronic gas valve unit on my Whirlpool water heater I purchased 3 years ago. Make a jumper out of phone wire about 10 long. Of course I would have to pay for service. I really dont need those (collective) idiots telling me what is safe and what is not. F-ING A BRA! If that didnt work, or if you already have the new valve and prefer the slightly simpler approach, proceed as follows. However, I started getting a 5-flash code (water temperature sensor failure) shortly after install. )and insert the circuit board back onto the 3 Valve body pins as it normally would be (circuit components showing) without the cover attached. How can this have been going on for years and not have been fixed? They said it needs to be assessed by a factory authorized repairman. Next, there are at least two variations of this unit. Deliberately, maliciously, and probably under the pretense of safety. Thank goodness I found this site. This does require one special tool, pictured at left. Opens in a new window or tab. This Honeywell gas control has been intermittent every few months, but i was always able to restart until this week. Add Sears to Lowes of where not to buy a product. Also, if a capacitor is all that is stopping the board from resetting it can be discharged by placing 1 leg to ground. 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. I had to do it 2 times, but it is now making hot water again. If I had found this earlier I would have saved the next day shipping and done the $10 one. As many others have suggested, perhaps this is the event which started the fail process? 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. 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. Its not very complicated, really. Thank you for posting this ! After spending 51 minutes with Sears customer non-service the problem was resolved within 20 minutes following Davids instructions. Be sure the tank is flushed as much as possible. Clearly the valve controller is mis-designed. 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! Disconnect the battery from the Right top pin. There should be labels red and white on the gas valve to help you plug them back the right way. Whirlpool sent me the upgraded replacement. 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. Did the reset and got a replacement valve on the way. Of course I am out $120 (twice!) It, too, does not get any flashes after the pilot is lit. Any ideas? I then end up on the Low setting. Hot water is a good thing!! If it has now cleared. Be sure the pilot stays on before continuing. 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. Nothing else worked for me. My warrantied part is being overnighted. + One for DBs repair procedure. Thanks to this blog and everyones exploits with the Frankenvalve Heres what worked so far for me on a neighbors unit: I reset the temp to my standard setting and it heated up fine. I believe I was getting 7 flashes until turning burner on and in a short time the flashes went to normal 1 flash. I have not touched mine in any way, just been doing watchful observation until I have (and now do have) new valve in hand. Use a flat tip screwdriver and remove the housing by putting the blade into the two top tabs and depressing slightly. I my case, I need to deliver about 130 degrees to get a high enough temp at my faucets. controller). The next two times we dealt with it in in a very non-technical way. They said there was no way to re-set the board. CS8840 pilot assemblies are designed for use with this control. This suggests that the burner was on for a long time but just couldnt heat the water enough to satisfy the thermostat. 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. All that Sears tried to do was sell me a warranty extension for $199. Now, for the praise! Although the part is covered under warranty, they will not just send a replacement. I let the water sit until the water in it is no longer hotthe last shower usually takes care of that. Association (CSA) to the following standards: Powered damper water heater controls (13 pages), Powered direct vent gas water heater (44 pages), Bathroom heater with towel rail (78 pages), Manual will be automatically added to "My Manuals", Troubleshooting with Status Light Visual Indication, Mounting the WT8840 on the Water Heater Tank, Procedure to Check the Gas Input and Burner Flow Rate, Troubleshooting Without Status Indicator Assistance, Troubleshooting Guide Without Status Light, Troubleshooting with status light visual indication, Water Heater Honeywell WV4262B Installation Instructions Manual, Water Heater Honeywell BH-777FTE User Instructions, Water Heater Honeywell VE300S Installation Instructions Manual. My model doesnt have a pilot that is lit and stays on all of the time, but rather an electronic ignitor. There is no need to completely remove the board from the plastic control valve cover. I put the cover back on and the light flashed 7 times as I put the heat dial to hot. It is held in by one T-15 tork screw that would be uncommon for most folks. This seems like a part that needs to be recalled and a Class Action Lawsuit filed. If it finds a fault, it will shutdown. Thanks in advance. 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. BTW To those who are confused about the poststhey are not on the circuit board or between the board & cover. If it overheats again, youll need to order yet another valve, or it will blow up, or something else you wont like. 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. 3. I am calling the plumber who installed it. They didnt ask any questions or ask for the old one to be returned. Light the pilot. Thanks so much. They could not find that in their records. My error condition began with very short intervals of error which reset themselves without my doing anything. The red one, I found, CAN be reset using above methods. Called phone number on the tank and they overnighted a new valve. 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. worked for me. 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). I replaced the Assy Unit thermocouple with the pilot lightNOW it flashes 7 times with 3 second pause. I replaced my gas valve and only had to pay the shipping and smell bad for two days. (Held the pilot open manually for 10 minutes. repeat steps gas valve.. Resetting the #$%@!! It is obvious that they are making a killing on money selling this to just about every water heater brand out there. So the fault condition DID (initially) reset itself. 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 ? 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. The final straw while talking to Rheem tech support the main burner lit for 1 second, went out, and relit 2 seconds later. Product guides and documents Product Documentation (PDF) I bet between all of us we could design a much better water heater. Since the old value was working again I just left it in there. 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. I hear a click when the pilot tube opens but no 2nd click for the main tube. Mine is 3 1/2 years old. No luck. I have gone through several failures with this type of water heater (with the Hon. the side you see when it the board is in place. I did the same thing but it immediately returned to four flashes. Honeywell stinks & has caused lots of trouble for me. burners are on. Ive been reading the above posts with great interest. If at first you dont succeed, try, try again. 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. 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. About 5-10 minutes the 7 flashes reverted back to a single flash, maybe got lucky. This worked for me! 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. Randy- you da man. Read all these posts Sunday and tried the unplugging of the board then relighting pilot. Wish me luck tomorrow! It is also an adjustable regulator that insures proper gas pressure for combustion. God Bless you! You dont need the battery at all. Just came home one day and the pilot light was out (this is the second time). The pilot light alone is keeping the solar water warm all night at about 120F. 5: Wait for the status light to start to blink (Mine alternated between 4 blinks and 5 blinks). Any ideas? Let me reiterate the steps Charles and I did so it will be on the end of the thread and readily visible. Either solution is unacceptable. Turn the temp knob all the way to High, down to VAC, up to High, down to VAC and then to HOT 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. 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. DONT BUY THEM. One other thing I could mention and that is there is likely more to this story than what is apparent. Ive been keeping an eye on the heater ever since installing, so I was able to notice this. I had the unit replaced. When the first unit failed, I drained out most of the water, sediment appeared minimal. 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. Lessons learned eh? Now there is no danger of releasing gas. If so, I want him shot. The manual, and Sears parts deptartment, told me I needed a new control valve at $150. Other than that it looks the same from the exterior. 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 have set a reminder in outlook to drain my tank once a year from now on. So this is the only site I could find regarding this stupid gas valve!!! The new honeywell gas valve is completely electronic. I must say the internet is a life saver for problems like these. If the flashes dont indicate a problem, look for a reset button somewhere other than on the valve, especially on the plate that covers the heating chamber. Holy Crap DB! Asked the associate, he said they are all interchangeable. Rotate the knob to 9 oclock to see if it will fire up on its own. Appreciate the guidance. the read Honeywell pilot button lights the pilot, only as long as you hold it in, when I let the button go, the flame goes out. So far, so good but was looking up things that could go wrong and found this page. then buying parts, or paying for those appreciated plumbersAll help, is appreciated! Cold water for 3 days in winter. It installed easily. Neither worked, the second board is now dead. Thats the problem, not Honeywell they just build a piece of crap (in China). I have not had hot water since Thursday night. I followed the the rest of the instructions and got my 1-flash Normal Operation going and the heater is working properly now. That is the valve mechanism. Too good buddy, the solution you proposed works like charm, all working now ! There is also a little white switch in the middle with wires attached on each side of the thermocoupler that is a reset button. So, I set out to see if I could do a reset of some sort by scouring the internet. 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. The battery trick worked for me. I found instructions for how to reset the status light by turning the dial to off for five minutes, but that no longer works. Product Support. By the way, the 3 year warranty expired 3 week ago. Worked like a charm! Two days ago, the replacement unit also died. So is there now way to reset the white light model? I am extremely grateful for this information! I took the battery idea and did a minor mod. Yes my 20 month old envirotemp gas water (purchased from lowes) heater quit and is displaying 4 flashes of death . He removed the cover but did not remove any wires (he fixed it very quickly). I dont think it is cost effective. Within a couple minutes it reverted to 1 flash, and is working fine. The Whirlpool helpline says I have to replace the gas valve. So to all of you, thank you! Some people said touching the 2 top posts and you said top right and bottom one. Thanks Randy. I called Whirlpool again, they agreed to ship a new replacement for $30 shipment again! * 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. This changed to normal flashing within a few minutes. I took the circuit board completely out of the unit and let it sit for about an hour. It refused to even start. Maybe a result of their desire to protect themselves against scald claims and the programmers misunderstanding of high hot might have to be to deliver hot at a faucet that is 75 feet from the tank and serviced by uninsulated lines? you will get a 7 flash error. Gas Valves & Controls. I had to be transferred to water heater division and wait on hold a while but it was well worth it.). I decided to try the How to un-fault a controller instructions above by David Boone as a first resort since it is easy to do. Gas & Electric Water Heaters & Tankless Models | A. O. Smith 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. Do not loose the spring under it! Yes. taken care of on my own. 37 sold. Emptied tank and there wasnt much sediment. ~ diy-home-projects.vwx.info, Home Projects: How Do I Remove This Exterior Water Valve Cap?. I nervously turned the controller dial to the 9 oclock position, the burner burst to life, and today I have hot water again. After reading all these comments I thought I would give it a shot. oops I pressed the wrong key: not 170, but 70 degrees. Search the page for How to un-fault a controller. Let me step in line with all of you. 3: Snap the cover back onto the heater (so you can light the pilot-light). I had a similar experience on a WV8840B1059 getting the 4 flashes. Is the designer still alive? I just wrapped a twist tie around the 2 posts on the right & replaced the cover to restart the pilot then removed it when all was well & done. Think I am out of my warrantee point but I will call and see if I can get a freebee. Now it is one-blinking again. As I mention in the article, in bold red text, you have to make sure whatever caused the overheat is also fixed. I didnt use a battery and just jumped upper left and upper right pegs. Normally, you just need to dump a gallon or two at the most to get the sentiment out of the bottom of the tank. I didnt mind to pay for the shipping cost, but, what I minded was the device was poorly made. Culminating in a permanent fault condition. I had a failing honeywell on my AOS smith water heater this morning. Put the cover back on temporarily with the connector still disconnected. Thanks to this thread and bigger thanks to David Boone and the follow on info from CrankyTenants, after 10+ days without hot water and zero expense my water heater is now performing as intended again. Keith, the manual says 7 flashes means Gas Control electronic fault Also remove heat sensor to check possible problem, no issue. I woke up on a Saturday morning to this issue and used your Fault Clear instructions and they WORKED! Also turn the black dial to Off. Taking your screwdriver and hold it against the upper right pin and the lower pin for about 3 seconds. At least then Ill have a stockpile when the water heater is out of warranty. Franken valve worked! I was told that you can use the yellow teflon and sealant for gas and water, but the water products do not work on gas. Still no flashes.) For $75 theyll come out to asses. (With the three wire plug OFF and the pilot on I was getting a 7 code only.) If this becomes a regular issue, I might solder a pigtail to each of the terminals and get a battery holder from Radio Shack with quick disconnect terminals. The older controllers will reset this way. This happened again a day or 2 later and again, after a short while, the status led reverted back from the 5-flash red to the 1-flash blue. step by step please for dummies. 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). If you need to, stick the screwdriver in from below to lever them loose. 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. Ill let you know how it worked out. I have dealt with the dreaded 4 blinks three times. 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. The Right top Pin is the main gas valve. This may help all. Few minutes later, gave me the all clearThermostat requiring heat (No faults). Took the board out and just touched everything with the cross wire and let it sit. Tried disconnecting the old board for an hour. Should I replace the Temperature sensor? I bought the rheem propane water heater6 months ago now its giving me problem 2 blinks every 3 secondsTHERMOPILE voltage low. You cannot find the old fashion w/heaters that you could lite and forget it. But the whole process raises a couple of questions in m y mind. Lady on phone said they werent aware of any problems but our heater still under warranty and would send us a new valve. I spoke with Whirlpool (Honeywell gas valve) and they sent me a new valve. You can only find the entire assembly. Preferably one that doesnt use that stupid Honeywell valve. thanks for all the details you put in it. Regardless what I tried, it was still 4 flashes. Just one stinking notch! Thanks for the submission. I guess I will try tomorrow but I would appreciate any help anyone can offer me. David Boone-you are a godsend. Genius. The WT8840 Water Heater Control is designed for use in Standing Pilot applications using an immersion well for water temperature sensing. CS8840 pilot assemblies are designed for use with this control. These sensors, provide the fail-safe mechanism through which the, temperature control as well as water temperature. It is powered from a thermopile heated by the standing pilot flame. Picture:here, 4. 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!! DO NOT RECOMMEND WHIRLPOOL HOT WATER HEATERS WITH HONEYWELL GAS CONTROL VALVES! 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