Fix 4-blink fault code on Honeywell water heater gas valve. High temperature shutdown. Try first!
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- Опубліковано 2 вер 2017
- If this video helped you please consider subscribing to my channel. I am trying to reach 1000 subscribers! Clear or Fix the fault code on your Honeywell hot water heater gas control valve. These control valves are on many different water heaters such as State, GE, Sears and Lowes brands. Try this one first if you have a Honeywell, Sears, State, GE, Lowes, or other water heater. Its simple and works for 99% of people.
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Your 1 min 26 second video saved an 80.00 service call. Thank you for taking the time to share what you learned.
I’ll leave a reply on your comment because it’s at the top. Just wanted to say I appreciate the time you spent for sharing this video. Saved me cash. Thanks my friend.
I had to do it a few times but it DID work. Thanks!
Worked perfect. Mines a different model but very similar. Book and websites all say replace it. I was about to order a new one and found this. I’m sure it’s not going to last forever but I appreciate the vid.
I had to run the cycle three times but the fault cleared and she came back to life.... thank you for sharing!!!!
Do you guys know what causes the over temp situation though?
My 85 year old grandma says a big thanks to you and God Bless!
I fought with my valve all day found this video and it worked like a charm on the first try!!! Thank you for sharing this!!
Man really appreciate you taking the time to make this. Almost went out to replace my water heater and now it’s working again. Thank you!!
I have searched everywhere and they all said replace except you! Thank you! I have been taking cold showers for a week. Hot water now and hope it lasts.
It’s been a year since anyone posted... I want to also say thank you for such a awesome video saving people several days of frustration. Thank you, you are at Hero Status in my book.
Thank you. Saved the day for me. Instructions worked fine and it cleared the fault code.
Glad I could help!
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I just wanted to know how in the world did you figure this out?
I want thank you Mr. Dominguez. I was really struggling with my water heater . Then I watched your video and my pilot light came on. thanks so much for sharing it helped out a lot.
THANK YOU!!!!! YOU SAVED US $132.00! Came home from vacation and had no hot water. Thankful I researched troubleshooting and found your video.
Wow - worked like magic. Let's hope it stays on now.
OMG!!! thank you RUBEN....Im 57 female, live alone....CANNOT thank you enough for your reset video....us old single ladys NEED help from time to time. I watched these other videos this morning on how to take it all apart...:(..... then i found your reset video....God Bless you and yours......i was in no position to have to pay for a service call!!!!! Thank you again......for sharing this for me.....got it lit in 10 minutes! TY!!!!!!!!!!!!
You saved the evening. Got the call from a tenant. Headed over. Cleaned up some connections. Didn’t work. Googled the problem, your video popped up first. Boooooom! Thank you!
Last year plumber charged $568 to replace honeywell gas valve on my hot water tank . now we had a power outage and day later we had cold water, so i went and saw the 4 lights of death. my valve has no off or pilot description anywhere. i saw your video and thought why not, i will try this before i call the plumber. i cannot believe this worked! how do i describe the pure joy that ran through my body. it is surreeal. there is still good in the world. you my friend are a champion!!!!
That's amazing. This is the first problem I've had with this water heater and I had no idea what to do and this fixed it within 30 seconds. Truly a great help.
UNREAL!!!!!!!!! I spent about 6 hours last night using the battery trying to reset the valves etc. I even unplugged the control box for 12 hours I also took the coldest shower of my life. I wake up this morning sad that I have to buy a new hot water heater 2 days before Christmas and how its gonna take away gifts I can get for my kids and I find this video and it WORKS I still cant believe it!!!!! you sir are a STUD THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!
I tried the battery reset method too. and just yesterday spent $180 ordering a new control on eBay. I just now tried this method and it works!!
And 2 years later this video saves me from going and buying a new one since nothing else worked and I was told to buy a new one when I call the 1-800 number. Thanks a million!
Well its Sat 27 Feb 10:15pm in Nashville - last night we realized - NO hot water - burner out (same as yours) - relighting pilot had that dreaded 4 flash sequence. So today I flushed tank out, was crud in there, but still the 4 flash error - went thru bunch of 'other' tips on how to fix - involving dismantling unit, fudging valves with a battery and other hocus pocus. Well gave up and wife called for plumber - but he couldn't come today. So at 10.15 LUCKILY happened on your video - and VOILA simple solution and FIXED!!! I cant thankyou enough THANKS!!
Thank you Thank you! Not only did this work first time but I want to add it also worked on my Honeywell WV8840B1110 controller and it also worked for a different situation. My pilot light had gone out and tried in vain but I could not get it to light after several hundred attempts. Since I had recently turned the temperature up I figured I overheated the system and there was a fault code stuck in the control circuit, which is what I needed to reset. (I tried several other methods, nothing worked) So I started off with no blinking lights at all. The system looked dead, but I tried this sequence starting from OFF. I did exactly what Ruben described above. When I got to pilot, after waiting the 10 seconds I pressed the pilot button in, waited 30 more seconds for gas and on the first click of the igniter the pilot fired up. I moved it to hot and its now heating my water. Thank you so much. The point of my long post is that this method worked even when starting with no pilot at all and with no ability to light the pilot.
You need an award for how amazingly wonderful this tip is! We had the 4 blink light code & our heater would not light. This trick made it work! Thank you so much, you got another subscriber!
This worked for me!! I called the tech support phone number on the label of the water heater and they wanted $250 to replace the control valve. THANK YOU RUBEN!
Thanks Ruben, I was about to go on a business trip and leave my wife home alone for a week without hot water or an expensive fix. People like you are awesome..! I owe you a beer!
Wow I’ve been working on that thermostat all day with all the silly fixes and non worked. Finally while in bed I watched it and ta-da it worked. Thanks for saving me $150
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. It's Sunday and we couldn't get anyone to our house to check this out until Wednesday. Was quoted $250 to fix, plus an $80 trip charge. I thought, "This has to be an easy fix." Sure enough. I got to your video. My heart sank a bit when it didn't work the first time. Second time worked. What a great feeling! Again, so thankful. No cold showers! Thanks, Ruben. Looks like you've made a lot of people happy in this world 😃
It was 1am and I went to get some really hot tap water. no go. I had a 4 blink light and panicked thinking it's not a very old gas water heater. I found your utube. Bless you. It worked perfect on clearing the hot temperature shut down. I'm an engineer and shared knowledge is power! Thank you.
They say these things are user friendly but don't tell you how to do a simple reset. Thanks so much, you saved me a lot of money.
Ruben, thank you sooo much for taking time to post this solution, it frikin worked!!! Thank God. Christmas eve and day ruined but this was my shining light. Seriously, thank you 🙏🏼
This worked!!! Thank you so much!!! I kept scratching my head and was lucky enough to find your video! Just saved me several days of cold showers while waiting for a technician. You're a hero!!!
My water heater starting doing this late yesterday so I tried all the "reset" tricks online and even left the thermostat unhooked all night. Tried this morning and same thing, 4 flashes. I got dressed and was getting ready to head to Menards and buy a new water heater and decided to search about the thermocouple. I find this video and 5 minutes later my water heater is working. All I can say is Thank You Ruben. Today, April 26, 2020 is officially Ruben Dominguez day.
Water heater stopped working, did the pilot process, comes on with 4-blinks. Had no idea what to do and was about to call someone to come out and fix it. BUT, then I stumbled on your video, went through the steps you mentioned, and PRESTO - back to 1-blink and working!! Saved me time AND money!! THANK YOU!!!!
Dude thank you so much!!! Just saved me from replacing my hot water tank! Did exactly what you said in the video and as soon as I turned the dial back to hot it fired up and ignited on its own, running properly!! Awesome video thanks for taking the time to educate others. I have this exact honeywell model
My goodness!!!
I tried everything described on all the other videos. Nothing worked.
Thank God I came across this video.
I can't thank you enough!
Wow I'm a true believer in the videos on you tube.Awoke to a cold shower and found the 4 blink of failure.Tried for over 3 hours to restart with only failure.Found your video and in 40 seconds success and a hot shower.Thank you for the help.
I messed with my water heater for 2 hours this morning trying to clean contacts and the pilot and was about to replace my water heater. Again, 5 years later this 90 second video fixed it in the same time it took to watch and now I have hot water again. Thank you 🙏
It worked the first time!!! You are AWESOME, you saved me money and time this Christmas. Thank you soooo much!!!!
I'm glad that I watched this video before I start messing with it. Thank you so much
THANK YOU! I'm a plumber and I was just about to order a new gas valve, but your method worked perfectly 👌.
Worked perfectly on whirlpool water heater. Called for repair and was told it would cost $300. This saved me a lot of money. Thanks!
This worked for us! We reset the pilot without realizing the blinking night was abnormal. When water did not heat up, went back to the heater and noticed the four in a row. These steps cleared the issue, first try.
I love UA-cam! This saved me a service call and a cold shower in the morning. Bless you!
Oh my gosh! After draining and flushing my water heater, I spent over an hour searching the web trying to find a solution to the 4 blink fault code. This worked. THANK YOU!!!
Thank you so much for your help!!! I am a single woman and had no idea what to do when my water heater was blinking 4 times in a row and not heating my water. Your video help me fix the problem within 30 seconds. My water heater is working again like normal. Thank you thank you again!
Folks - This works!! Ignore all other videos about 9 volt batteries and all sorts of stuff. This is the CORRECT video to reset the crazy Honeywell control valve. THANK YOU!!
Ok, I've tried the other videos and some have worked, some have not (yes, this thermostat is THAT bad, that I've had to fix it THREE OR FOUR times) but you Sir, have just blown my mind!!!
This was the easiest and most magical fix of ALL!
I can fix almost anything but this damned thermo had me on the ropes this time. I was really just about to give up and buy a whole new WH with a DIFFERENT thermostat, this time. Your video was my last ditch effort to be able to say "I tried EVERYTHING".
I bow before you, oh great one, and will happily hand over my first born (upon arrival) to you, in gratitude for saving my village from the slow death of the showerless stench.
Seriously,...THANK YOU, SOOOOOO MUCH!!!!
mxfxdlg Glad I could help! I spent 4 days trying different things myself until I found an obscure comment buried in some forum that suggested this. I was hoping it would help others save the pain of going without showers. I’ll send you my address so you can ship me your first born ;)
Help INDEED! I was at my wits end with this one. absolutely ready and willing to throw in the towel. My Hail Mary search turned out to be one of the most amazingly satisfying ever. And I've found some GREAT fixes on youtube! I even tried some of my own similar random combinations like yours, with no luck of course.
Again, all of the other videos were valid and worked in many cases. Mine or, ours were just unique situations where the usual fix didn't apply.
Thanks again, Ruben. You saved a village. BTW, no need for an address, sir. The child will be delivered via Rainbow Pegasus when the times comes.
Nothing but love for you & yours,
Michael
Thanks you so much for sharing
6 years later video is still helping people thanks bro 🙏🏼
Minutes ago I was looking at buying a new $800 water heater (that I can't really afford right now). Tried everything to fix it. I watched this video with skepticism, but I went and followed your instructions and now the darn thing is working perfectly. You made my day. If you ever come through California I will happily buy you a beer. Thanks!
HOLY heck! You are a god! I literally had zero confidence this would work and just straight up fixed my issue for the past two days. Thank you!!!
Thank you!! This works. I have a system still under warranty, only 2.5 years old, and I called the warranty phone number and it was going to cost me over $200 and a minimum of two days without hot water. (Great Warranty). The only thing I can add is when I called they told me it's a sediment issue and the gas control valve had to be replaced. My tank water was cold, so I decided to drain it and I noticed a little sediment, the water ran cloudy for less than 30 seconds. I was expecting more to be honest, so I'm thinking a small amount of sediment can cause this error. Bottom line is this worked and I had hot water in less than 3 hours with $0 cost except for the wasted water. The bigger question is why is this not in the maintenance / troubleshooting section of the manual, draining it once a year is mentioned but not the reset sequence. I'm guessing even if I suggest not to purchase Whirlpool in the future, the next product I would buy would disappoint me in the same fashion. The real winner here is people helping people. Silver Linings.
My unit was only 5 yrs old and produced this 4 blink code. I used your method and now I have hot water again after 2 months without! Thank you friend!
I had a service call placed to a plumber as the manual says the 4 lights means you need to replace the thermostat. I followed this video and in a few seconds it worked again! Thank you!!
You just solved a problem I've had for longer than I care to admit. Seriously, thank you.
I’m forever thankful. Not the same model number but a Honeywell.
Worked like magic, thanks. The directions were perfect.
Hey bud, thanks, you just fixed my hotwater heater without having to call a repair man :)
Its 2024 and this tip is still helping people! It worked on the first try, after nothing else did. Thank you!
Before finding your video, I called customer service technical support. I was told I needed to replace the control valve because the sensor was no good. I tried what you said after turning off the pilot and relighting the pilot. It worked and the burner came on. Thank you very much for this information. I was going to buy a new water heater before spending $215. Plus tax and shipping.
My man, this worked. You do have to turn it up again after pilot. Thanks mate!
At the end of the video, he tells you after it goes back to 1 blink, to set the temperature to your desired setting and after a few seconds, you will hear the burner light.
Omg this saved me sooo much money, time, and frustration!! Thank you for taking the time to share this knowledge!!
Wow THANK YOU! I ignited my pilot light and it was fine…went to dinner and came back and the four blinking lights were on. I panicked until I found your video….and I just tried it and the pilot light spun right back on as soon as I turned the dial to my preferred spot! I hope it keeps lit tonight for a hot shower tomorrow! Thank you!!
I’m a plumbing contractor and have been doing plumbing for 20+ years and never knew about this but it worked!!! 👍🏻
What a relief: This actually worked like a charm. Thank you!
Worked!...sure would like to know where you researched for this solution?.
I came here with no hope of finding anything that would actually work thinking I would have to call my dad anyways, but this actually worked! Thank you so much!!!
I will admit. I thought this may be a BS video. I decided to give it a try. Worked like a charm. I can’t believe how simple this fix was. I was already planning my weekend to replace a water heater. Now my wife thinks I am a damn genius.
You are amazing! Thank you so much!!! I watched other videos and thought I'd give this a try, worked perfectly!
Oh my goodness!!! Thank you so much!! You’re a life saver!!
You literally just saved me $950. The mfg said it was dead. Called a guy to come replace it with a new one tomorrow. I thought I'd dig a little deeper for an answer and saw your post. It took me 3 tries but it finally stopped flashing and lit up. Mine was a slightly different model number but it worked. Thank you!
Wow! My mom called me to check her water heater, my son and husband weren’t available, so I went over. Your video came up when I did a search, it was so simple, I’m shocked it worked so easily… first time, too! Many thanks!!!
Thanks so much! Worked perfectly!
Thank again! Saved my cold ass! Almost thought it was broken!
I'm not the only one hear who loves you👍
One 16 minute vid was gonna try to make me take the sucker apart with a screwdriver. You saved my day and many others in your bad ass 1:26 minute video. You are the man!!! If you don't drink beer I'll get you whatever you're drinking👍
Do not give up on it. Took several tries until I hit the sweet spot and it fired up. You are the best Ruben!
I F'ING LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Me three!!
Well, once I figured out how to attempt to light it, I finally got the flashes, but they were 4 flashes. Fearing I would have to call somebody, I decided to check the online community. Thank you so much for posting this! You are a wonderful person for sharing.
I had called Honeywell and they told me it was probably a completly bad unit and it was a toss up weather to replace the complete heater or just the valve assy. Tried your idea and its running perfectly!! You da MAN! Thanks
I have never been happier watching a UA-cam video. This saved me nearly 500 bucks on a new water heater. Thank you kindly sir.
This is the gift that keeps on giving. Today I went on a call and it had a seven blink on it and I thought well what do I have to lose I tried your method on the Honeywell gas control valve and it fixed it. Thank you again this is the third time I've used your video.
I have two 50g tanks that are 3yrs old with these valves. I replaced both gas valves under warranty 7 mos ago, one is doing it again, or WAS. Thanks for the video! This stuff always happens on a weekend! Fixed and working! Bravo!
This is the fourth time I've used your video in 2 years lol. I come back to either every time i get that blink of death. Thanks dude
Man...I was just about to take a cold shower and just call a technician and deal it with in the morning but boyyyyy you just saved my behind from getting all cold 🥶 and my wallet as well. . Thank you sir!!
I had to sign in just to thank you. Strong winds have blown out my pilot and I was getting this error code constantly. I was just about to call a technician when I saw this video and it worked. Thank you so much.
Dude, thank you so much, we are selling our house and the water heater was turned off while we were out of town so it of course didn't want to turn back on after I worked all day getting the house cleaned up. I will be so happy to take a hot shower! Thank you!
Thank you, thank you!!! I fixed it by myself!!! Didn't need to pay anyone because of this. You're a lifesaver!!!
I never like or subscribe to the channels.... You saved me from taking cold showers and fully replacing my hot water heater. I was going to take off work and buy a new one, and your video just saved my butt. Thanks 🙏
Just saved me, so glad you posted this 4yrs ago. This is like a secret Nintendo code. Thx so much.
Its a Saturday morning no hot water, new house, 4 flashes, first gas water heater for me like this.....dear God THANK YOU '🙏!!!!!!!!!! I was on my way to Lowes to order this thing. Now it works fine again. Just gonna back off the water temp.
This worked! Had tried the "reset" switch first like a different UA-cam suggested to reset this fault code and that did NOT work.
Very thankful--saved use $150 weekend service call. THANKS! How on earth you''d "figure this out" on your own is not clear.
1) Light pilot as per water heater directions 2) when you see the 4 blink status indicating "hot temperature shutdown" fault 3) turn controller knob to "very hot" wait 10 sec, turn controller knob to "hot" wait 10 seconds, turn controller knob to "pilot" wait 10 seconds, then switch controller knob to desired temperature setting 4) status light now blinks 1 blink indicating normal operation and you can hear the pilot start the heater and see the flame through the view port. Crazy but works!
IT WORKED!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!! I've gone 2 days with Luke warm water and the 4 blink issue. Tried so many times to turn it off and let it sit , then re start it again. Your trick fixed my issue!!! Can't thank you enough! I was about to call someone for help.
OMG it worked!! I accidentally found this video when searched the error message. THANK YOU!
Genius! Saved me $1100 for new tank replacement! Thank you so much!
Just tried it and it worked! After 3 pilot lighting attempts, Was just getting ready to call the tech
Wow great hack!!! Took me 2 days trying to figure out what to do besides buying a new unit and with this took less than a minute and everything works now. Thank you!!!
Scratch my head for over an hour trying different things. Watched your video and it fixed the problem. Thanks.
Great......been fighting this water heater for a full day. Now it is working (with temp shut down by-passed cause if failed.) You THE MAN
Holy cow. I watched this and thought “yeah right, okay.” But it’s 10 at night and I was desperate so I tried it. BOOM. You should have seen the look of surprise on my face. Wow. Thank you!
Crazy that this works, and isn’t printed anywhere on any instructions.
Also worked on a non-honeywell model. So big thank you!
Omg life saver! Spent whole 2 days without hot water & plumber was taking too long to come by. And it had only lighted a small spark. Restarted it with your video and bamn. Hot water, thank you
I had the 4X blinking light High Temp Shutoff Problem. Tried Rubens trick......Voila....the unit lit up.Thank you Ruben, I owe you a beer!!
Helping me 6 years later. Did not see anything about this in the manual. Thanks!
Your post saved me a ton of money. Holiday weekend, no plumbers to be found, and I found your post and now I don’t need one. Thank you very much.
This is the first time I’ve ever left a comment on UA-cam. I can’t believe it was that easy to reset the control! Thanks for posting this video and saving me some cash!
I can't believe this actually works. I did it as you instructed. 10s very hot --> 10s hot -->10s pilot --> back to hot (temp that I want), and boom the heater lit!!!! thanks for this video.
That was a great reset. I was so skeptical and when it worked my toothpick almost fell out of my mouth. Thanks!
Pilot went out Friday night. In our town there’s no hope of getting help till Monday. You saved me money and a weekend without hot water. Thank you. Thank you.