honeywell wv8840b1109 manual

thanks for all the details you put in it. It is interesting to note that 106F is normally just about as hot as you can stand in the shower. Worked for me waiting to see if burner shuts off The WT8840 Water Heater Control is designed for use, in Standing Pilot applications using an immersion, well for water temperature sensing. Only 18 month old water heater and I too had the four flashes of death, with working pilot light. 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. Taking out the circuit board and shorting across the pins (on back side of board) of what I believe is a capacitor**, worked to get the 7 flashes and then unit would light. 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. The led light will go off and the pilot will shut off as well. Mine is the 1109 and has no posts. Im trying this tomorrow morning. I bought the rheem propane water heater6 months ago now its giving me problem 2 blinks every 3 secondsTHERMOPILE voltage low. I had a failing honeywell on my AOS smith water heater this morning. Let people know on FB and other places that these tanks are equipped with a flawed Gas Control Valve. My old controller has a red blinking LED that I can reset. Although the Frankinvalving wasnt an option/didnt work, it did show me what I was up against, introduced me to others who have had the same problem and what everyones resolution was. Could someone make a diagram or snap a pic and circle what posts to jumper? Just lit the pilot again and set the temperature!! The pilot stays lit. Last December, I was forced to replace the valve after I got the four flashes. I also examined the circuit board and noticed a few minor differences, but I think the real problem was in the design and components. Bam! 2pos honeywell spst usew. Pulled off the cover with the dial still on pilot position the pilot light died and the light didnt flash. -thanks. 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. Thanks alot guys got mine up and running as well after taking the electronic crap out. Thank you for you detailed instructions. Manufactured by Honeywell. I have a water heater that is 18 months old and Im already repairing it? taken care of on my own. The 5 inlet pipe would NOT separate from the Gas Valve assembly, so I had to run up to Lowes and get a new inlet pipe (5 1/2) to connect to the new assembly. It is likely a Super Cap of 1 farad or more used for short term memory retention. I have 4 blinking lights. The fault should stay cleared. (With the three wire plug OFF and the pilot on I was getting a 7 code only.) (day job of electrical engineer). Everything else worked as previously described. On the board? Pilot is lit but the led will not blink red at all it, how to reset this valve. I finally decided I would remove the burner unit & giveit a thorough cleaning (blow, brush & vacuum the screen) in the morning. Gas Control Valve Kit (Natural Gas) Brand: AO Smith SKU: 100112336 ( 70) Q&A: ( 1) - + $163.99 each ADD TO CART In Stock Get 312 Wed, Mar 1 More Available Inventory Details Order by today, receive Wednesday Free Shipping This item ships free Easy Returns No restocking fee for 90 days Product Highlights - Natural Gas Specs - Contact Question? They would have to diagnosis the water heater and then order the part, and then come back again to install at an additonal service price. Looking at the V of the Valve body pins, the left top pin is the pilot valve. Thanks in advance. Called and set appointment. 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 it should be Teflon coated if that interaction is suspect? Thanks E. Update : Tried all the reset methods and none worked for me for the white light control valve. Shipping to: 98837. 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. I had a similar experience on a WV8840B1059 getting the 4 flashes. Two plastic clips at the top are holding the cover on. Started right back up. as the faint click was heard and the flashing light reappeared, it was now only blinking once! God Bless you anyway! I bet between all of us we could design a much better water heater. Will most likely do the control board swap. Picture:here. Thanks so much. 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? It replaces the old part numbers listed below. The newer ones have been Fixed so they will not reset. Honeywell stinks & has caused lots of trouble for me. 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 put a piece of wire between the 2 top ones, not sure if it did anything. It is a Honeywell Reliance 9007884 Series 300. Replaces Old . Only the technically adept or handy should do attempt this. The government mandates all this crap that fails! I too thought no big deal to turn my water heater up ONE NOTCH!!! WV8840B1109 WV8840B1110 316910-000 316910-000 321166-000 100112336 & 9007884005 AO Smith AO Smith AO Smith WT8840B1500 2" insulation tank, 5" WC setting . It is obvious that they are making a killing on money selling this to just about every water heater brand out there. (PSFlushing the tank as others have posted is sound advice to), YOU, MY FRIEND, ARE A FRICKING GENIUS IT WORKES. Holy Crap DB! We had a power outage and the codes are switching from the 4 beat to the 7 beat to the heartbeat . 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. Im keeping your method in my hip pocket, though, because it is much simpler. There is no pilot, it just ignites completely as needed with electronic ignitor. 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. I tried to jump the posts a few times (Using twist tie wire, no battery) but kept getting the 4 blinks. All models of, WT8840 include an integrated NTC temperature, The WT8840 is powered from a thermopile heated by, the standing pilot flame. (Held the pilot open manually for 10 minutes. Thank goodness I found this site. 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). Its not more than 3yrs old. Pre-Owned. Resetting the #$%@!! If that didnt work, or if you already have the new valve and prefer the slightly simpler approach, proceed as follows. I waited to see if the pilot would go off, but about 3 minutes later it started flashing normal, once every 3 seconds. I did do a full drain and it was mostly small white particles which is probably from my water softener. Connect the RED and WHITE power wires back on the two connections on the circuit board. I did the trick with a AA battery and some cheap speaker wire. All models of WT8840 include an integrated NTC temperature sensor. 2. 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. I tried this simple solution you provided and it worked awesome. Generally, if youre covered under warranty, you would get the part from the MFR of the water heater. This would upset me less if I had hot water meanwhile! The Whirlpool helpline says I have to replace the gas valve. There is also a White or clear silicone rubber gasket that is entangled with pins and solenoid wires. If the new valve is basically the same model as the old one, you dont need to pay a plumber to replace the evil valve. A plumber I know told me he has replaced dozens of these exact same units. Thx loreleaf for the post and pics. 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! Oh and THISis what it looks like in the little window when your BURNERSare running (water heater is heating). The light started the all is good single blink and the furnace fired up. I shorted every connection on the board to the only connection marked GND rather than wait the hour. They would have to diagnosis the water heater and then order the part, and then come back again to install at an additonal service price. Apparently that is the keykeep it clean!!! They said they couldnt do anything about that. I did that search but you Can Not find just the circuit board. You can save delay and $hundreds in plumber fees by fixing the part thats gone on strike. Intelligent designers would program a fault reset capability after the water temperature drops to a safe point, like say 170 degrees. So, I set out to see if I could do a reset of some sort by scouring the internet. It may show now the normal 1 code or it may show a 7 or maybe a 2. Fall Protection Products. Hope this information helps! If the reset procedure needs to be repeated, I figure it can easily be done in less than 10 minutes. Sears is charging $181.64. Put the cover back on and relight the pilotand set your heat temperature. Unfortunately, Charles, your fix did not work for me. Top left is a small dot and top right is a post. All that Sears tried to do was sell me a warranty extension for $199. Basically, the minerals heat less efficiently than the water, so the water has to get hotter than necessary. I then end up on the Low setting. Other than that it looks the same from the exterior. If so, I want him shot. Could only see me in the eveningReading about what you guys have done. I hear a click when the pilot tube opens but no 2nd click for the main tube. The pilot light alone is keeping the solar water warm all night at about 120F. Was sent a new one with a bad (stuck) push button sparker. Still no flashes.) Mounting: Mounting in upright position only. They have a manual shut off. Honeywell covered the replacement unit cost including shipping. 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. Should be some code or combination of codes, possibly including a 7. My hat is off to you David, I followed you instruction and it clear the fault and is now heating my water. Read all these posts Sunday and tried the unplugging of the board then relighting pilot. After less than 4 yrs of having the Whirlpool water heater, I got 4 flashes. That visit its no guarantee that they will give you a new valve. Now it is one-blinking again. upstairs. 6: Remove the cover and re-install the 3-wire plug (it will only fitone way). The combo of using the battery trick as well as just running wires from the posts rather than unscrewing the module worked perfectly. 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. You can get the pilot to light by pressing this button, but unless you address the underlying problem, the chamber will overheat and the breaker will trip again. 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 are you saying that you got yours from the MFR? Miller MightyLite Leading Edge Self-Retracting Lifelines. Rheem next day shipped me a new Honeywell control valve. It took right off and has been working fine. I did the same thing but it immediately returned to four flashes. There is no need to completely remove the board from the plastic control valve cover. shut off the pilot and reconnect the 3 wire plug and but the cover back on. If youre ever in Fort Wayne Indiana, Ill treat you to a steak dinner/sushi/(or your preference)! When I screw the gas adapter, just half way in the screw, the housing cracked. One small jumper wire is all thats needed! 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 . Lore leaf, Great post! If the heating chamber gets too hot, the button pops out and the pilot will never light until you push it back in. Ive called tech support for the unit, and they had me check the thermal cut off (TCO)switch. 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. Taking your screwdriver and hold it against the upper right pin and the lower pin for about 3 seconds. Something to consider. I let the water sit until the water in it is no longer hotthe last shower usually takes care of that. Next day shipping for 10 bucks? Expect difficulties. My Honeywell WV8860B1309 failed after 2 years. I woke up on a Saturday morning to this issue and used your Fault Clear instructions and they WORKED! F Im so mad I want to shoot the prick who cornered the market on Honeywells crap. Is there any non-Honeywell valve that we can use in place of the Edsel we have now? I have gone through several failures with this type of water heater (with the Hon. Unplug the power cord for 20 seconds This was when I discovered this thread and prepared to contact Rheem since the heater is brand new. Started looking on line for a replacement and came across this site. 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. This crap adds $15,000+ to our new automobiles. One has a red mode indicator (the older one) and a white one. This will supply current to the main valve and the main valve will open. Interestingly though, I tried this method two times and each time it didnt appear to have worked as I continued to receive a 4 flash fault code. Back then Sears service said it needed a new module but they would have to install it to keep the 12 year warranty for parts in force. detail describe please. * Honeywell Gas Valve on a Water [], Young Rey wants to return the amulet to the Blue Wizard, but she's not easy to find! My warrantied part is being overnighted. Kenmore water heater purchased at OSH in 2012. Thank you for your terrific post. In the meantime I figured the shutoff valve to the WH was not working then started to leak! shut off the pilot and reconnect the 3 wire plug and but the cover back on. This is actually minerals and should be drained. I took the circuit board completely out of the unit and let it sit for about an hour. Took the board out and just touched everything with the cross wire and let it sit. The valve is known to be defective and maybe they will help ? repeat steps gas valve.. Resetting the #$%@!! Check closely to see if you have a spark. Rheem gets my congrats for the great support and fast shipping. Heater is only 7 months old. 20 minutes and the above solution of shorting it to correct the error worked magic. So thanks to commenters earlier, before, and above. 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. Good luck, and be sure to write Whirlpool and tell them their tank design valve is a piece of crap. So either the thermostat is faulty, or somehow theres something preventing heat transfer from the heating chamber and the water in the tank. 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 ? My plan was to fix it Saturday and replace the entire unit with the new one. Honeywell rio ceiling fan, brushed nickel finish, 54 inch honeywell wv8840b1109 manual Although, it wouldnt hurt to turn the gas off at the water heater line by twisting the valve into the horizontal position. About this product. All working fine now. limit (Temperature Cut-Out [TCO]) function. Who came up with the dumbass design that when you turn the dial to a normal, albeit high, position, it breaks the water heater? 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. Everything is good. water heater $500-$800, pro lic installer $400 $30-$$60 shipping cost for Valve. It is sad to see big companies are not really care about the quality and safety of the consumers. Thank again. I even suspect there is a simpler method to do it than the one Ill now detail. Its been a week since I reset the valve and everything seems to be working fine and I did not drain the tank. So far its been working fine. If peoples replacement valves with the white indicator lights dont fail about the same rate as the old ones, maybe Honeywell has resolved the issue. Troubleshooting (just to make sure it wasnt the thermal switch or something) I took the board only out of the new valve they sent and put it on there. thank u CT. U and DB are $$ saversfor now anyway..LOL! Called phone number on the tank and they overnighted a new valve. Wouldnt it make more sense to not let the dial go that high? I put the cover back on and the light flashed 7 times as I put the heat dial to hot. + One for DBs repair procedure. 1. I have set a reminder in outlook to drain my tank once a year from now on. This is if the controller just will not cooperate. The original red light gas valve broke after 2 years. I guess I will try tomorrow but I would appreciate any help anyone can offer me. Still working after these few months? F-ING A BRA! 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 $$. Switched back to the old board and still couldnt get it to work. Turner up temp control to hot, all is well. If at first you dont succeed, try, try again. Reviews are especially welcome. i was still under warranty so the valve was free less $30 overnight shipping. After spending 51 minutes with Sears customer non-service the problem was resolved within 20 minutes following Davids instructions. Rotate the knob to 9 oclock to see if it will fire up on its own. * 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. I received the new valve and noticed a few differences. No luck. Whirlpool owners are fortunate that the company is sending them replacement valves. I was getting the 8-3 flashing code which said to replace the Gas Control Valve. Too good buddy, the solution you proposed works like charm, all working now ! I called toll-free number on side of tank (877-817-6750), described my issue and gave a serial number. 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 released the pilot knob and advanced the setting to HOT and the main burner came on.. Yay. 1 viewed per hour. I set the temperature control to just below hot and the burner came on. Miller DuraSeal Self-Retracting Lifelines. They have a manual shut off. Remove the ivory-colored plastic front of the gas valve from the back of the unit. As info only for the less mechanical people out there, if you lay down on your back and look through the sight glass window, it makes lighting your pilot very easy. Honeywell Gas Valve on a Water Heater Filed under useful 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. The pins have very thin (about 28-30 gauge) wires that are going to electromagnetic solenoid that has a metal armature that covers a hole. 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. Folks, here is the problem with this controller design. The comfort range is very small. Other suggestions? They said there was no way to re-set the board. I just found this article. Anyhow, the next day I got the part. MaybeI also shook chicken bones over it and chanted. The clips stay on the wires. This may help all. Honeywell said it is my fault because I failed to drain the sediment. I am extremely grateful for this information! Thanks to everyone that posted with this problem. Two months later I drained out about 5-8 gallons, saw minimal sediment. . I nervously turned the controller dial to the 9 oclock position, the burner burst to life, and today I have hot water again. So, again Sears says they need to send a repair guy out. I guess Water heaters are now interactive devices requiring yearly maintenance. the wife is happy again. Like theyre doing me a favor even though I reminded them that it has a 12 year warranty on parts. After a lot of back and forth they sent me the module which was a breeze to install. It, too, does not get any flashes after the pilot is lit. Maybe the situation was wrong, maybe I just didnt hold my tongue the right way. DB.THANK YOU kind sir for sharing this! burners are on. To RaulDLCs 3/25/2015 post: Tried the reset a bunch of times but could not get it to stop the 4 flashes. It saved me $150. I havent opened the valve yet out of curiosity but from what I read here, the Capacitor sounds like a good culprit. https://www.flickr.com/photos/7428166@N07/13946581980/ There have been several of us who have successfully brought this Honeywell water heater controller back to life. Operating Range: 0 to 150 F (-18 to 66 C)*, *Valve will operate at 0F (-18C) but valve, characteristics can not be guaranteed until, Storage Range: -40 to 150 F (-40 to 66 C), Humidity: 95% non-condensing at 104 F (40 C), This device is certified by Canadian Standards. Super easy. I pulled the cover yesterday , left every thing hooked up. Four flashes only happens if the water overheated different problem. any help would be welcome. If it does not start up on its own after the shutdown, then you may have to reconnect the battery to the right top pin and go through the above procedure again and it will shutdown again. 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. I have a state water heater (which are made by A.O. 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 Plan the installation as outlined below Ive had my Rheem 7 months . Probably not, but it was worth a try. Had to have come Tuesday. Another comment when I finally got a replacement from Amazon, the LED light was White in color, not RED as my last two. The instructions are short, but they have very helpful tips and information. If you need to, stick the screwdriver in from below to lever them loose. I told them BS, that I was going to install it myself. Give me a break. The water heater would not work properly right out of the box. As ColdShowerMan noted, there are differences in the new design they sent me. I had to pay $30 overnight shipping. this makes it quite easy to press the starter. Second water heater weve put into this location in 3 years, due to bad Honeywell controllers. 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. Times ( Using twist tie wire, no battery ) but kept getting the 4 beat the. Send a repair guy out doing me a warranty extension for $ 199 chicken bones it! 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