Dude, you saved my life..lol..my daughter is pregnant and was very grumpy and wanted to take a hot shower...thanks to you, I got up bright and early to do your quick fix and we only went a day without hot water....thank you again for the video!
Dude. God bless you. Replaced sensor same code. Started to panic and think of alternative plans replacement etc. Watched your video the on off of thermostat 7 times cleared alarm and the water heater started right up. My family is being overwhelmed with problems right now and you have spared us an additional dilemma.
You sir are a magician! Been trying to figure out what’s up with my water heater for almost a week; just today discovered I need a new FV sensor. This will give us hot water until I can get a new sensor. THANK YOU!
I have a Reliance Forced Air Hot Water Heater which has the Vacation setting past the Low setting. When resetting the unit I discovered to only toggle back and forth between Low and Very Hot and it started right up. Thank you for this video.
12:30 am no hot water. Tried to reset several times no good. Found your hack and got it running. Found another hack by bypassing it altogether with a resistor. Going to do that. These sensors should be removed nothing but trouble. Thanks👍
Thank you sir! That did the trick. I thought it didn't work at first, until I finished the video and it mentions to turn from low to high 7 times, then it worked. Now I have time to get a new sensor.
Very helpful and thank you! We are in the process of finishing our basement and after our trim work was painted with an enamel paint our water heater stopped working due to the FVS tripping. Nothing worked to get this reset and we think we have to replace that dumb sensor, but the electric meter bypass to get us to Monday when the part arrives so we can shower was brilliant. Just needed to be able to get hot water for showers, dishes and laundry and can undo after so no long-term danger.
I called the service number on my Rheem hot water heater and they were very helpful. They gave me the part number and Amazon has it but I opted to have it shipped to me overnight for thirty dollars. Amazon is close to the same price but it would have arrived a few days later. Easy fix but be careful pulling off the wire spade connector as I broke mine off and had to make a repair with my soldering iron.
I couldn’t get any of my meters to work, and none of my #2 pencils would work as in the next video, but I found your meter at Homedepot and heater fired right up
7 years in on 10 year warranty. Called 800 number. Gave them the serial number and part number. Sending one to me free in 2 to 4 days. $30 to overnight. Jumped a couple times to keep warm while waiting.
I just experienced that prorated warranty bullshit at Home Depot. That’s not a warranty. When I give a warranty to a customer it’s no charge to have it fixed or replaced within the parts and labor period. It was gonna cost me about $250 for a one year old water heater with a nine year warranty Home Depot is a bunch of squirrels for doing that. I stood around the customer service desk for about two hours and then eventually frustrated I walked out with my broken water heater in toe. Submitted the water heater through my own company and I’m getting an equal exchange at no charge to anybody. F Home Depot
On my heater, the reset process by itself didn't work, nor did my multimeter work like the one it this video. What did work, though, was to buy a 100 kOhm potentiometer at an electronics store, set it to 15 kOhms, and install it in place of the sensor. Any resistor between 11 and 45 kOhms should work as well. After the resistor or potentiometer is installed, reset the controller and it should heat. After that, get the correct part (mine was replaced under warranty) and swap that back in.
My sensor went out couple times and I tried to reset it and it didn't work, so I took sensor out and rinsed it under the kit sink using the strong spray, then let sensor dry for 20 min under sun , then installed it and it worked just fine.
I pulled the old sensor, but left it connected and did the reset routine (spin knob from low to high bunch of times) on an older model with big red knob and it fired up. Robertshaw blink 2 blink 3 error code.
You can also just reset it. Turn off. Unplug. For 1 minute. Plug in. Turn on. Tuen temp red dial from low (click) to high seven times. Heartbeat will be back. Water will heat. No replacement needed.
Hi! On any average multimeter, which settings (ie: dial controlled multimeter for example) should it be set to? Some other person on UA-cam recommends to just unplug those troubling sensor, and plug between the wire connectors a (one) resistor rated between 5k to 70k ohms. He had used a 22k ohm (22,000 ohm) resistor ~ which worked for him. Again if possible please let me know which settings should I leave my (a multimeter) to...(?) to use as a temporary hack fix. Hope this will work on my parents apartments - tenants are already complaining & available resistors at Fry’s electronics open @ 10AM !!!!! Anyhow thanks much !
The volt meter trick did not work for me unfortunately. Just kept getting the FV Alarm code. I put it on Ohms and what I think is the thousand place. But nothing. I don’t have a 20k option.
It should be Voltage DC setting I believe in EE class we learned that a Voltmeter acts like an an extremely high resistor. I don't want to sacrifice my expensive meter gonna run to Home Depot and buy a cheap Voltmeter which looks like it matches with the video.
I have introble whit this water heater both 2 nows ones have too turn off and turn on too heat the water plumber don’t know what are doing this I call the number on the boiler still waiting they call me anyone have the same problem
Idiotic sensor. painting, epoxying floor will knock out hot water. Can be bypassed with a 10-20K ohm resistor or siliconed up so it can't sense anything. Just don't be an idiot and put an open container of gasoline next to water heater or furnace or clothes drier that so not have such safety Also, reseting tricks do not qork most of the time
Just came back from Home Depot.....the one part they don't carry. Then the staff said it "likely" a part that has to be installed by a certified HAVC tech....Honestly, I don't think the guy really knew why they didn't sell the part. I also checked some other places with no luck. Did get one on Amazon, but 5 days was the fastest arrival time. Needless to say, I'm going to bypass till the part arrives but i'm putting a gas detector in the furnace room and will likely turn it all off at night after everybody has finished with the hot water just to be safe.
Dude, you saved my life..lol..my daughter is pregnant and was very grumpy and wanted to take a hot shower...thanks to you, I got up bright and early to do your quick fix and we only went a day without hot water....thank you again for the video!
You just saved my family and tenants from showering with cold water after a blizzard!!!
Greatly appreciated Sir!
We got along fine for decades without all the complex and trouble prone parts on water heaters.
Dude. God bless you. Replaced sensor same code. Started to panic and think of alternative plans replacement etc. Watched your video the on off of thermostat 7 times cleared alarm and the water heater started right up. My family is being overwhelmed with problems right now and you have spared us an additional dilemma.
You sir are a magician! Been trying to figure out what’s up with my water heater for almost a week; just today discovered I need a new FV sensor. This will give us hot water until I can get a new sensor. THANK YOU!
Fantastic workaround, thank you! I set my multimeter to 20kOhm and everything's working as it should until my replacement sensor arrives.
I have a Reliance Forced Air Hot Water Heater which has the Vacation setting past the Low setting. When resetting the unit I discovered to only toggle back and forth between Low and Very Hot and it started right up. Thank you for this video.
12:30 am no hot water. Tried to reset several times no good. Found your hack and got it running. Found another hack by bypassing it altogether with a resistor. Going to do that. These sensors should be removed nothing but trouble. Thanks👍
Thank you sir! That did the trick. I thought it didn't work at first, until I finished the video and it mentions to turn from low to high 7 times, then it worked. Now I have time to get a new sensor.
Very helpful and thank you! We are in the process of finishing our basement and after our trim work was painted with an enamel paint our water heater stopped working due to the FVS tripping. Nothing worked to get this reset and we think we have to replace that dumb sensor, but the electric meter bypass to get us to Monday when the part arrives so we can shower was brilliant. Just needed to be able to get hot water for showers, dishes and laundry and can undo after so no long-term danger.
I called the service number on my Rheem hot water heater and they were very helpful. They gave me the part number and Amazon has it but I opted to have it shipped to me overnight for thirty dollars. Amazon is close to the same price but it would have arrived a few days later. Easy fix but be careful pulling off the wire spade connector as I broke mine off and had to make a repair with my soldering iron.
Thanks bud! This is also a great test to make sure it is a bad sensor.
Super happy to come across this video! I happened to have the exact meter in my tools and it worked just like in the video!
It is now 2022 and the world is in chaos but you saved my day!
Very much appreciated, my family should have hot water in the morning now.
Thank you so much. I just had to reset it and not actually bypass so thanks for sharing that info as well
I couldn’t get any of my meters to work, and none of my #2 pencils would work as in the next video, but I found your meter at Homedepot and heater fired right up
7 years in on 10 year warranty. Called 800 number. Gave them the serial number and part number. Sending one to me free in 2 to 4 days. $30 to overnight. Jumped a couple times to keep warm while waiting.
Thank you brother
What settings do you use on multimeter?
20k ohms
Thank you for the help!
Thank you!!!
The sensor is not "dirty", and isn't supposed to be white as you mentioned inside.
I just experienced that prorated warranty bullshit at Home Depot. That’s not a warranty. When I give a warranty to a customer it’s no charge to have it fixed or replaced within the parts and labor period. It was gonna cost me about $250 for a one year old water heater with a nine year warranty Home Depot is a bunch of squirrels for doing that. I stood around the customer service desk for about two hours and then eventually frustrated I walked out with my broken water heater in toe. Submitted the water heater through my own company and I’m getting an equal exchange at no charge to anybody.
F Home Depot
On my heater, the reset process by itself didn't work, nor did my multimeter work like the one it this video. What did work, though, was to buy a 100 kOhm potentiometer at an electronics store, set it to 15 kOhms, and install it in place of the sensor. Any resistor between 11 and 45 kOhms should work as well.
After the resistor or potentiometer is installed, reset the controller and it should heat. After that, get the correct part (mine was replaced under warranty) and swap that back in.
20k setting on multimeter was a quick temp fix until part comes in
@@brentglaser1425 how do you install the resistor?
My sensor went out couple times and I tried to reset it and it didn't work, so I took sensor out and rinsed it under the kit sink using the strong spray, then let sensor dry for 20 min under sun , then installed it and it worked just fine.
I pulled the old sensor, but left it connected and did the reset routine (spin knob from low to high bunch of times) on an older model with big red knob and it fired up. Robertshaw blink 2 blink 3 error code.
Never buy this crappy thing. Even the workers at rheem agree it is 👎
You can also just reset it. Turn off. Unplug. For 1 minute. Plug in. Turn on. Tuen temp red dial from low (click) to high seven times. Heartbeat will be back. Water will heat. No replacement needed.
Doesn't work for most of them valves these days as sensors resistance permanently changes. 1 time use sort of thing
My handyman just reset this error code with SIX turns of the dial, not seven. I tried seven before he arrived, with no success.
Worked for me on an older model as well.
Didn’t work for me with cleaning the old sensor. Had to jumper with a 20k ohm resistance.
10 ohm resistor will do it
10 Ohm or 10 K Ohm?
I set my ohmmeter to 20k and that works.
It is not supposed to be white, it's a goo of silicon and graphite.
Hi! On any average multimeter, which settings (ie: dial controlled multimeter for example) should it be set to? Some other person on UA-cam recommends to just unplug those troubling sensor, and plug between the wire connectors a (one) resistor rated between 5k to 70k ohms. He had used a 22k ohm (22,000 ohm) resistor ~ which worked for him. Again if possible please let me know which settings should I leave my (a multimeter) to...(?) to use as a temporary hack fix. Hope this will work on my parents apartments - tenants are already complaining & available resistors at Fry’s electronics open @ 10AM !!!!! Anyhow thanks much !
Set the ohm meter to 20K and it worked.
The volt meter trick did not work for me unfortunately. Just kept getting the FV Alarm code. I put it on Ohms and what I think is the thousand place. But nothing. I don’t have a 20k option.
@@blowout396 I'm showing negative 4 to negative 6 on my multimeter when set to 20k
It should be Voltage DC setting I believe in EE class we learned that a Voltmeter acts like an an extremely high resistor. I don't want to sacrifice my expensive meter gonna run to Home Depot and buy a cheap Voltmeter which looks like it matches with the video.
Or you can get a Bradford white
What setting on ohms reader
20K
New sensors are black inside.
I have introble whit this water heater both 2 nows ones have too turn off and turn on too heat the water plumber don’t know what are doing this I call the number on the boiler still waiting they call me anyone have the same problem
Home Depot will not pay for the labor to remove and replace their failure prone stuff.
Could not really hear anything you was saying, just a loud hum.
So basically just jumper the sensor
Idiotic sensor. painting, epoxying floor will knock out hot water. Can be bypassed with a 10-20K ohm resistor or siliconed up so it can't sense anything. Just don't be an idiot and put an open
container of gasoline next to
water heater or furnace or clothes drier that so not have such safety
Also, reseting tricks do not qork most of the time
It's a $25.00 part. Go Home Depot............................
Just came back from Home Depot.....the one part they don't carry. Then the staff said it "likely" a part that has to be installed by a certified HAVC tech....Honestly, I don't think the guy really knew why they didn't sell the part. I also checked some other places with no luck. Did get one on Amazon, but 5 days was the fastest arrival time. Needless to say, I'm going to bypass till the part arrives but i'm putting a gas detector in the furnace room and will likely turn it all off at night after everybody has finished with the hot water just to be safe.
Home Depot nor Lowe’s carry these parts.
WHAT KIND OF METER WE NEED????