The light went out. Taking your screwdriver and hold it against the upper right pin and the lower pin for about 3 seconds. 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. Pre-Owned. By the time I returned (maybe 30 minutes later), the led had returned to its normal blue 1-flash mode. Plus the cost of the above repairs. Tried the reset a bunch of times but could not get it to stop the 4 flashes. After turning the heater off and shutting off the gas to the unit. What powers the light? It is now running with no problems thank you for saving me 125$ plus shipping. Started looking on line for a replacement and came across this site. Interestingly though, I tried this method two times and each time it didnt appear to have worked as I continued to receive a 4 flash fault code. [] research briefly mention entertaining ? The seven blink disappeared shortly after that. If not, you can still try the MFR, but a web search for honeywell water heater valve also turned up several vendors. Obviously weve all had our issues with the apparently worthless Honeywell controller. Said any time they shipped something it would be 10, 20, or 30 dollar charge. Slide the ribbon of wires out of the clip on the housing, and the front of the gas valve is free. Is the designer still alive? The valve is known to be defective and maybe they will help ? It is interesting to note that 106F is normally just about as hot as you can stand in the shower. So I changed that out for a 1/4 turn one, much easier. Rheem next day shipped me a new Honeywell control valve. It did not need to be reset (zero resistance across the terminals). This isnt connected to house current, so dont worry about touching any wires; you wont get a shock. Started right back up. great write up, but I cant find this part anywhere. (For me it was the the inlet gas pipe on the valve.) Your expert advice was successful. Tried disconnecting the old board for an hour. WT8840 TRADE WATER HEATER CONTROLS 34-00013EF01 2 PLANNING THE INSTALLATION WARNING Fire or Explosion Hazard. 7:Snap the cover back on and light the pilot light again. 1 viewed per hour. I just bought a Rheem unit that has a Honeywell WV8840C1605 control valve. I shorted the 2 pins on top of the module base for maybe 30 seconds. Also, the white light version has NO COM connector. In that case, the pilot light will not stay lit and you do not get the four flashes. Is there any non-Honeywell valve that we can use in place of the Edsel we have now? THIS METHOD WORKS!!! > little white reset button doesnt seem to have any effect!?! The pilot on my waterheater went out over night. This worked for me, and saved me some money and headaches. Thank you Tyler for starting this thread. Will keep this for next year when it breaks again. This was purchased in July 2013 and this is the first time I clicked it up a notch to get a warmer water temp and now it stops working! I did call Whirlpool and told them that the new valve they sent was broken and they did send another replacement free overnight. Had to have come Tuesday. After reading all these comments I thought I would give it a shot. Went from four blinks to seven. Cheers very much, Tyler and yall!! Much obliged. Ill call for the replacement to have on hand and keep the instructions. 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. The results are nearly identical except that when I hooked up the external wires and the three wire plug on the circuit board and reassembled with the pilot on, the codes were different. From this thread it is not true that the 4 flash fault is fatal. Thanks to all of you!! Thanks a bunch! Note which color is on which side. Since my valve is under warranty, I will be replacing it. They said call anytime and they can help. 4:Follow directions to lite the pilot-light. The government mandates all this crap that fails! no gas pressure would indicate the heater has been shut down and the error code is released? I dont buy enough plumbing parts to make a vendor recommendation, thank god. I did read here that a service man said to not go above hot setting. 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. 5. 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. David Boone-you are a godsend. 3. My 83 year old dads water heater went out. I got my first shower in after 2 days. DONT BUY THEM. The wires for the main burner valve solenoid had not broken. I did do a full drain and it was mostly small white particles which is probably from my water softener. It Is Designed For Use In Standing Pilot Applications Using An Immersion Well For Water Temperature Sensing. There is no pilot, it just ignites completely as needed with electronic ignitor. And you also carry repair parts for other models that are now obsolete, right? and then refuse to buy if the answers are not yes and yes.. I received the new valve and noticed a few differences. Rotate the knob to 9 oclock to see if it will fire up on its own. UPDATE: David Boones method worked great for me, exactly as described. All models of WT8840 include an integrated NTC temperature sensor. 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 got pretty bitter there thinking about it. What a pile of JUNK!!! Worked like a charm! Its not the likely culprit, but possible. Why wont the cops shut Whirlpool down? This is a BRAND NEW Honeywell Gas Water Heater Control Valve. Keep the knob pressed in until the Pilot valve opens (a click sound and the status light starts blinking on the circuit board). Any way, the pilot fired up rather quickly and flashed one time every three seconds! I am now one of the afflicted and would not like to have to go through this every 18 months. 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. Wife took the 10 dollar shipping. If that is the case, recommend that you do not short the leads as it can cause internal damage. I really did not want to mess with wires inside so extremely glad this works for this controller. I have well water. 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. One big question. While most of it looks similar, I think the subtle differences incorporate a long(er) term fix. 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 Thank you all for your help. Instead of a red flashing light it has a White flashing light. Follow these warnings exactly: 1. This time they are sending me a new gas valve for free overnight. Who came up with the dumbass design that when you turn the dial to a normal, albeit high, position, it breaks the water heater? Of course I am out $120 (twice!) Some of us had moved the controller dial through its full range and subsequently the controller failed with the 4 code. There is also a little white switch in the middle with wires attached on each side of the thermocoupler that is a reset button. DB: Instructions are clear and hope to follow this to override the Honeywell piece of crap Gas Control Thermostat on my 2.5 year old 50gal tank. Asked the associate, he said they are all interchangeable. Tonight I came home to the 4 blink code again No problem Ill just reset it one more time to get us through showers tonight and replace it tomorrow. 8: Once the status is blinking, set the temperature to desired level. Make an offer: Pre-owned. Test all joints after install for leaks! I suggest going all the way and getting rid of the old plastic sensor. Picture:here, 4. Basically the Honeywell Electronic Gas Water Heater Controllers are crap (so far). $30 plus tax and I will roll up my sleeves and attempt to do this-I CAN DO THIS (I think) In the mean time I will be stinky at work and my hair will serve as grease for deep frying. 2. Turner up temp control to hot, all is well. Jolie, even you can do this. While still contemplating my options, this morning the heater quit altogether. Then I came down later when I felt the barely warm water. any suggestions ? Preferably one that doesnt use that stupid Honeywell valve. No flashing lights, no pilot light, nothing. However, I started getting a 5-flash code (water temperature sensor failure) shortly after install. 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. This changes to red flash code when there is an abnormal condition. Gently wiggle out the housing. Honeywell Wv8840B1158 Manual. So while they said just use the sealant through out, I actually used a combination of both. 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! My water heater is still working fine. I told them I had four flashes and the serial number. A good business would be to offer a replacement board that has been restored for use to customers blessed with this hunk of junk! ~ diy-home-projects.vwx.info, Home Projects: How Do I Remove This Exterior Water Valve Cap?. Clearly the valve controller is mis-designed. Whirlpool sent me the upgraded replacement. 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. Theres a little white reset button on the plate covering the combustion chamber, but that doesnt seem to have any effect!?! If it reads less than 12 volts, you may need to replace your gas valve or controller. Took the whole circuit board out and shorted the back of the capistor. They do have technical PDFs for the revision A and B valves thought those sheets do not have Un-fubar information listed. Ive been keeping an eye on the heater ever since installing, so I was able to notice this. It is held in by one T-15 tork screw that would be uncommon for most folks. I left the piezo starter installed in the plastic cover. Then This year the pilot went out and I tried to re-light by pressing the red knob pointed at PILOT and pressing the square igniter button. Now it is one-blinking again. Model U1######## water heater natural gas, 30 gallon. I my case, I need to deliver about 130 degrees to get a high enough temp at my faucets. Could someone make a diagram or snap a pic and circle what posts to jumper? Finally this past week it was in the error mode and stayed there. Definitely will be draining sediment as a preventive measure later this week. I have always had it at one above on A. 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. I am so happy that the company replaced it for you. I dont know if I ever got the red lights flashing. honeywell wv8840b1109 manual honeywell wv8840b1109 manual Pmi reliance supply electric power partcrib please. Picture:here. The reason I got a new WH was so there would be no problems! Check closely to see if you have a spark. Dont take this for granted, make sure you do your part of manufacturers suggested periodic maintenance such as tank drainage, Anode rod inspection, etc to prevent future faults. 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. This will insure that the board will not be getting any electrostatic signals from the water heater. Maybe the situation was wrong, maybe I just didnt hold my tongue the right way. DO NOT BUY THIS THERMOSTAT! Installed it today. I ignited the pilot and set the temperature but then got the 4 Flash code. Page bookmarked! Plus the cost of the above repairs. Update your shipping location. Ive had my Rheem 7 months . Ill let you know how it worked out. As many others have suggested, perhaps this is the event which started the fail process? I spoke with Whirlpool (Honeywell gas valve) and they sent me a new valve. The next guy I talked to was very surprised that the Valve would be bad again so quickly so he had me go through a reset procedure. On one end make two tiny wraps to fit over the left and right pins on the valve under the cover like described elsewhere. So are you saying that you got yours from the MFR? Just for reference THISpicture shows the wire that attaches to the control board. 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