WV8840B1109 Gas Valve for Honeywell Whirlpool Water Heaters - WV8840B1109 WV8840B1042 $42999 FREE delivery Feb 14 - 17 Or fastest delivery Feb 13 - 15 Small Business Honeywell 100262939 Electronic Valve Ng, 2" 21 $19292 FREE delivery Feb 13 - 15 More Buying Choices $184.52 (13 new offers) Who came up with the dumbass design that when you turn the dial to a normal, albeit high, position, it breaks the water heater? I nervously turned the controller dial to the 9 oclock position, the burner burst to life, and today I have hot water again. Two plastic clips at the top are holding the cover on. Ive tried everything trying to reset it , although it seems the flame is on . Sears is charging $181.64. Now I have two fail in 27 months. Didnt work first time but tried it again and let board set for 10 minutes unplugged before relighting pilot. I researched the internet (many hours!) I set the temperature control to just below hot and the burner came on. Put it all back together and re-sealed the gasket with red (high temperature) RTV gasket sealer. I got my first shower in after 2 days. I thought you might want to add this info to your do-it-yourself site. Especially, drain the sediment from the tank. There is also a White or clear silicone rubber gasket that is entangled with pins and solenoid wires. If the reset procedure needs to be repeated, I figure it can easily be done in less than 10 minutes. They charged me $30 to ship a new white light control valve and i installed it. I came home from a 10hr workday Wednesday to a cold shower! So, I set out to see if I could do a reset of some sort by scouring the internet. Another comment when I finally got a replacement from Amazon, the LED light was White in color, not RED as my last two. If it reads less than 12 volts, you may need to replace your gas valve or controller. This was when I discovered this thread and prepared to contact Rheem since the heater is brand new. Had a 7 blinking light. Hope this information helps! * honeywell gas valve water, Executive summary: detected water hot event, gas valve work reset . They have a manual shut off. I will now start flushing sediment every quarter instead of annually. Maybe I can purchase one with the G-D F@*CK*! Thanks to this blog and everyones exploits with the Frankenvalve Heres what worked so far for me on a neighbors unit: Its not very complicated, really. Im going to take everyone elses lead and call for a replacement valve. Be sure the tank is flushed as much as possible. Thanks. Remove, Element, Stubborn. I saw some white crystals come out but not that bad. WV8840B1110 has been discontinued Discontinued December 15, 2019 This product was discontinued by the manufacturer. I tried the simple unplug and reset for 10 minutes and plug back in it worked awesome. Save honeywell wv8840b1109 to get e-mail alerts and updates on your eBay Feed. Honeywell and Sears/Home Depot/etc. There is no need to completely remove the board from the plastic control valve cover. WV8840B1109 Gas Valve for Honeywell Whirlpool Water Heaters - WV8840B1109 WV8840B1042 No reviews $42999 FREE delivery Feb 27 - Mar 2 Or fastest delivery Feb 24 - 28 Small Business BW Technologies Yellow GasAlertMax XT II Portable Combustible Gas, Carbon Monoxide, Hydrogen Sulphide and Oxygen Monitor with Rechargeable Battery No reviews for labor. I closed the cover again and lit the pilot again. Here is what I did with pictures to solve this issue. 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. Taking your screwdriver and hold it against the upper right pin and the lower pin for about 3 seconds. Any way, the pilot fired up rather quickly and flashed one time every three seconds! On relighting, I got the dreaded 4 blinks. Make a jumper out of phone wire about 10 long. One small jumper wire is all thats needed! This last time, that did not work which led me to this posting and Rauls simple fix. 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. If it finds a fault, it will shutdown. So that is an option for those that want one straight away in town, or they will reimburse you. They are the 3 thin metal posts that stick out beyond everything else in an upside down triangular V pattern. ; 4. Probably had sediment on bottom and overworked it. It lights easily, but wont stay lit. 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. Note the code flashes from the LED which indicates the pilot is lit. Its not the likely culprit, but possible. Honeywell covered the replacement unit cost including shipping. I bought a Rheem water heater from Home Depot, it had this Honeywell valve on it. )and insert the circuit board back onto the 3 Valve body pins as it normally would be (circuit components showing) without the cover attached. In particular, if you havent drained the sediment off the bottom of the tank, do that first. Still no flashes. My Honeywell WV8860B1309 failed after 2 years. Within a couple minutes it reverted to 1 flash, and is working fine. The thing is still under warranty for parts, but I have to pay shipping, and wait for it to come, and pay a plumber hundreds of dollars to install the fing thing. The GE people walked me through a reset process over the phone and it fired right up. 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! If you need to, stick the screwdriver in from below to lever them loose. combustion chamber. I re installed it and got the 7 flashes instead of the four flashes. If I dont update this entry, assume it is (for now). Brilliant!!! i followed your instructions and bingo! Honeywell Water Heater WV8840B1109 0 Solutions WATER HEATER MANUAL Honeywell Water Heater Wv8840b5068 0 Solutions pilot light blink 4 times every 3 seconds says ove Honeywell Water Heater Gas Water Heater 1 Solutions Not working. $211.94. Should I replace the Temperature sensor? I found instructions for how to reset the status light by turning the dial to off for five minutes, but that no longer works. Maybe a model or serial number? Thank you for your terrific post. They said they couldnt do anything about that. 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. THANK YOU! in about 3 years. Thank you for you detailed instructions. I hear a click when the pilot tube opens but no 2nd click for the main tube. Should I bootstrap the thing by supplying my own voltage of 750mv and try David Boones most excellent fault reset procedure? Now WH is working fine. I had a failing honeywell on my AOS smith water heater this morning. and submit my receipt for them to reimburse the cost (up to $153). Thank you so much Tyler for this website & Dan for the awesome reset solution & others who contributed their variations of that! Good to know! 5.0 out of 5 stars. A plumber I know told me he has replaced dozens of these exact same units. I think this Honeywell valve is pretty flakey. I completely drained the tank and had a little sediment, not much since I have a whole house filter on the incoming supply. This will insure that the board will not be getting any electrostatic signals from the water heater. my water heater pilot light went out. BONUS!!! I would like to add my experience with this hoping it may shed some light. I checked the voltage from the thermopile: 750 millivolts with pilot light lit while holding in the button. Dead as a door knob. I tried taking off the cover, disconnecting everything, and letting it sit for 8 hours. Whirlpool sent me the upgraded replacement. Took the board out and just touched everything with the cross wire and let it sit. 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. Oh and THISis what it looks like in the little window when your BURNERSare running (water heater is heating). Could only see me in the eveningReading about what you guys have done. Follow these warnings exactly: 1. I did the upper left/upper right. The light went out. As he indicated, YOU DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK! Setting this one at hot results in about 120F as noted elsewhere, which is hotter than one can stand for continuous exposure. 20 minutes and the above solution of shorting it to correct the error worked magic. Most Honeywell water heaters with electric gas valves need just 12 volts for the valve to work. But- I havent tried it so go with this method. Plug the cord back in I did put a piece of electrical tape near the end of the ground wire given my tendency to reverse things. I tried the other methods to discharge the caps etc Those Methods did not work. Anyways DBs method DOES WORK! 1. Air PRO Air Security PRO Security Water PRO Water Energy PRO Energy Partner with Resideo Pro Perks tried several rimes, will not stay lit. not understanding this. 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. Made in United States. this makes it quite easy to press the starter. 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. 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. Apparently the WV8840 valves designations are followed by a revision letter. Ive been keeping an eye on the heater ever since installing, so I was able to notice this. Glad you got it back going. Lit right up. 2. God Bless you! The pilot would lite, the main burner would come on and it would run for awhile. OMG!! It is a Honeywell Reliance 9007884 Series 300. Update your shipping location. Whirlpool owners are fortunate that the company is sending them replacement valves. Model U1######## water heater natural gas, 30 gallon. If that didnt work, or if you already have the new valve and prefer the slightly simpler approach, proceed as follows. Tom. I now have no indicator lights at all and when I try to relight the pilot it does not appear that the gas valve is opening for pilot flow at all. My model doesnt have a pilot that is lit and stays on all of the time, but rather an electronic ignitor. Note which color is on which side. Also had flushed out the tank. This is a BRAND NEW Honeywell Gas Water Heater Control Valve. I spoke with Whirlpool (Honeywell gas valve) and they sent me a new valve. 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 read the included instructions to a T and had a successful replacement! To be continued. Checked the wiring. Expect difficulties. WV8840B1109 WV8840B1110 WT8840B1500 WV8840B1059 WV8840B1117 WV8840B1118. Four flashes only happens if the water overheated different problem. 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