Took a freezing cold shower this morning, ran downstairs and went to KZread university! Thank you! Quick fix.

For anyone struggling with status light of 4 flashes - ECO limit - THIS WORKED FOR ME! I turned the heat up past hot, which you're not supposed to do - but why they let you do that is beyond me! Anywho, wake up to no hot water this morning, 4 blinks, about an hour of google-searching later, and this video solved my problem. Bless you!!!

@josephk9182

Жыл бұрын

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Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!! for sharing this tip. I had by hardwood floor resurfaced over the last three weeks. When I return home after the floors were finished, my gas water would not work. It would only give the 7 flashes you described above. I called the Gas Company today and a service technician came out to check on the unit to see why it was NOT working. He explained the Flame Sensor Lockout feature had shut the unit down and it would not work without a new Lockout Sensor and Control Valve. He said it was caused by the polyurethane they had placed on the floors. He explained, he did not have one in stock but could get one by tomorrow for a cost of $630 installed. I just tried your solution and it WORKED the first time. I now have hot water again. It has worked continuously for the last 6 hours. I will continue to monitor it over the next few days but it looks fixed. I would highly recommend anyone try this fix first before calling a technician! Once again, thanks for sharing.

Followed the instructions exactly and it worked perfectly! Thank you so much. You've done a great service to many people.

I bought this water heater kzread.infoUgkx8G49mV71sAzUl9shXyLW-r3XgHH9EVh1 for use in my bus conversion. I installed it under my kitchen sink and it is fed by a high efficiency on-demand LP water heater. It is both a backup hot water source as well as a water saving device since we have hot water on demand rather than having to wait for the gas on demand water heater to finish its ignition cycle. I decided on this water heater due to the fact that it only draws 1300watts when it's ON instead of the 1500 watts that most Water heaters this size draw. In an RV a couple hundred watts can be a big deal. With very low standby losses, I don't have to worry about excessive power consumption. When propane is not available for our gas water heater, in conjunction with our low flow shower head there is enough hot water available to shower, albeit we won't be taking "hotel showers." Also very happy with the recovery rate of this water heater. Granted, it is quite small, but it does exactly what we need it to do.

I'm an HVAC contractor but I'm never afraid to check Google an KZread when I find an issue I haven't seen yet. This video saved the day for me after replacing the flammable vapor sensor and still having the same lockout issue. Thank you for sharing!

@josephk9182

2 жыл бұрын

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As a Plumber by Trade, I used your video to help me get a heater working again. Just another reminder from life that you never know where you'll learn new things.

@josephk9182

11 ай бұрын

Thank You

Thanks so much for this video Joseph! I was seeing $$$ signs when we had no hot water this morning. I followed the steps you outlined and voila!... the flame kicked on! Again, many thanks!

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4 жыл бұрын

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Thank you for this video. I'm a renter, and i wasn't really wanting to call the owner to fix the water heater. After checking to making sure that the gas meter had not been triggered off, i noticed the blinking blue light, and found the water heater manual, and located the 7 flashing 3 second no flashing was the FV sensor. But there was no reset information. As usual, KZread to the rescue. Even though my model was a little different, the reset worked the first time!!! Thank you so much for your video.

@josephk9182

3 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean because I am a landlord.

One more thank you goes your way! The AO Smith manual failed to mention the part about setting the control to the low setting and moving it to the high setting. Cost me three days without hot water and the cost of a new FVS sensor that I now do not need. By the way, I only had to move it once from the Low Setting to High before the water heater fired up. Thanks again.

@josephk9182

3 жыл бұрын

Tank for the info.

Perfect! Worked for me. Here are the steps: 1. Turn Honeywell switch to OFF 2. Unplug 24V power brick for 10 seconds 3. Turn Honewell rotary knob to LOW 4. Plug 24V power brick back in 5. Turn Honeywell switch to ON 6. Immediately switch notary knob between LOW & HIGH for at least 3 times You should hear some beeping noises as the controller initializes and the pilot trying to ignite (how a gas stove would start, zap zap zap sound). Thank you!

@josephk9182

2 жыл бұрын

Than you for simplify it.

You're a genius! Thank you it worked!

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Thank You, Joseph!!! I called a plumber but they couldn't get here for another two days so I did a KZread search on how to fix it. It's reset and I get to take a warm shower in a little bit. Thank you!

@josephk9182

3 жыл бұрын

Nice.

Saved me from further panicking at 3 in the morning. Thanks!

@josephk9182

3 жыл бұрын

You welcome.

Thank you so much. The technician tried to help through the phone for quite a while but didn’t work and offered to come with overnight charge, you saved me so much!

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3 жыл бұрын

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Worked perfectly first try!! Thanks for posting this!

@josephk9182

11 ай бұрын

You welcome.

Thank you this helped us out tremendously! Thought I may need to call our utility company or paint contractors that did work in the garage but nope thanks to your video its saved me time, energy, & money.

@josephk9182

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

This is the second time this man saved me a huge bill! Thanks for KZread and thanks to you, followed it exactly and it worked!

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2 жыл бұрын

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THANK YOU!!!!!!!!! the flip back and forth low to high... that's what I was missing!!!! Thank you!!!

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3 жыл бұрын

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Worked like a charm!!!! Thank you for posting this video. It helped me!

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7:28 is very important !!! Thank you so much Joseph!!!!! save a couple of hundred :)

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH JOSEPH!! Saved us $$$ and EMPOWERED ME to be more of a DIYer in my home. God Bless you!!

@josephk9182

3 жыл бұрын

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Had this exact problem, it worked!! Thank you

Thank you! Thank you! These instructions were perfect. My hot water heater stopped working when my basement started taking on water while Ida was passing by. Hard to get a tech to look at it because everyone is busy with flooded basements. Saved me a lot of money and cold showers. So glad you posted this info!

@josephk9182

2 жыл бұрын

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I have an A O Smith, this worked for me. Thank you very much for posting and helping others and myself, for some reason my manual did not explain how to do this.

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3 жыл бұрын

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Worked like a champ. Thank you for saving me a service trip fee!

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This WORKED!! I saved myself an expensive service call. This was NOT in the manual. Only thing I had to do differently was unplug power at the white box. (there was no plug at the wall). It only took me 4 full turns of the dial

@josephk9182

3 жыл бұрын

Great !

Thank you! I followed your instructions exactly and was able to restart my hot water heater. And I know absolutely nothing about hot water heaters. Very helpful video.

@josephk9182

4 жыл бұрын

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Holy moly, that worked. You must saved my family's mother's day!!

@josephk9182

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This one really helped. Several others had similar info but not the details on timing which was the key to sucess

@josephk9182

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Same thanks from here, manual doesn’t state anything of this procedure. Rotated the control knob and it fired right up. Grateful my friend.

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You just saved me so much hassle trying to figure out how to reset it. I have a slot in the middle of the temp control knob, so I put a screwdriver in it so I could quickly rotate the entire range of the thermostat back and forth. As soon as I hit rotation #7, the heater immediately fired up and the status light went back to normal. Thanks so much!!

@josephk9182

4 жыл бұрын

No Problem.

@TaniluCullen

2 жыл бұрын

My husband did the same thing with the screw driver!

@jeffhansman2829

9 ай бұрын

SIX rotations will do it, once you then set the desired temp. It is worth noting that this fix appears nowhere in Rheem's documentation.

Just watched this video it worked perfectly! Thank u I was stressing..

@josephk9182

2 жыл бұрын

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This just helped me fix my water heater. Back on again. Thank you my friend. Great video well explained

@josephk9182

4 жыл бұрын

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worked perfectly. watch from 6mins and pay attention , your heater will be back running in no time

@josephk9182

3 жыл бұрын

Good for you.

Thank you so much really worked!. Before doing this my father tried so many different things from other places and nothing worked thank you!

@josephk9182

3 жыл бұрын

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Thank you for noting that you need to immediately turn the knob from low to very hot several times before the LED light turns on. I wasn't fast enough before so the reset did not work. Now I hear a very low beeping sound but the LED light blinks normal. I hope the beeping stops once the burner stops.

@josephk9182

4 жыл бұрын

Yes it should.

Big time help, just had a water main break yesterday day, hot water heater this morning. Thank you for sharing this fix. My water went from cold to hot and my temper went from hot to cold!

@josephk9182

Жыл бұрын

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Thank you, thank you, thank you! Using your instructions, I was able to fix my water heater while I was waiting on hold with Rheem "customer service". 😂

Thank you! This worked perfectly! I just had to move the dial immediately after turning the switch on, as you mentioned.

@josephk9182

2 жыл бұрын

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Very helpful information. Thank you.

@josephk9182

7 ай бұрын

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Ok I have an issue with not hot water and after reading the status LED I found out it was the sensor. So I google and your video came up and I learned alot. I live in a building and the super doesn't know anything about boilers or water heaters the only thing he knows is how to sweep and mop. Anyways great video thanks....a thousand thumbs up.

@josephk9182

Жыл бұрын

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This worked perfectly! Thank you

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You are the man. Reset perfectly. Thak you infinity.

Thanks! Worked on my Rheem!😀

@josephk9182

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I just tried this on mine and it worked. Thank you for the tip. You probably just saved mea bunch of money.

@josephk9182

4 жыл бұрын

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This guy is the real deal. WORKED. THANK YOU

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2 жыл бұрын

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Lol omg dude thanks. It works and I saved money buy doing just a few things and the most important thing was following the instructions 🙇🏿‍♂🙏🏿✨

@josephk9182

3 жыл бұрын

Greate

Thanks bud! 3 low to high did it

I just did it on mine and started working after the second flip. Thank for this video.

@josephk9182

4 жыл бұрын

You welcome

Thank u man worked perfect for me!

Thank you sooooooo much! This worked on ours and saved us probably $200!

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This worked for me. Thank you!

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Thank you! This was hugely helpful and easy to follow.

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On behalf of my home and family I thank you.

@josephk9182

2 жыл бұрын

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Thank you Joseph, I had the same problem with the same hot water heater, you saved me some $$$.

@josephk9182

4 жыл бұрын

Great .

thank you, this is helped me tremendously.

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You fixed my water heater issue Thank you very much

@josephk9182

4 жыл бұрын

Happy to know.

Thank you so much for posting this...it worked PERFECTLY!!!

@josephk9182

3 жыл бұрын

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Thanks a lot, you just made my Friday 10x easier 😁

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2 жыл бұрын

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Works like a charm! Thanks!!!

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Thank you, it worked perfectly.

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Thank You Sooo Much The Back And Forth Switching Turned on my Pilot !!!

@josephk9182

3 жыл бұрын

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It worked! Thank you!

@josephk9182

5 ай бұрын

You welcome

Just saved me a service call! Thanks!!

@josephk9182

2 жыл бұрын

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Thanks for the helpful video!!

Followed the steps and it worked.Thanks for the video

Thank you for this video! Just saved me a chunk of change.

@josephk9182

3 жыл бұрын

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Thanks so much! This is a dumb procedure but very technical, follow excactly and it will work!!!! Thank you sir for posting!!!!!!!

@josephk9182

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Hahaha! Thank you brother. This worked like a charm on a non 24v system.

@josephk9182

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This worked for me.... sensor got wet..so I dried it out and when the WH kept flashing the 7 code, I came looking and found your video. Thanks alot

@josephk9182

3 жыл бұрын

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Perfect sir , thanks for the upload just got me back up and running 🤙🏼

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excelent. it worked for me. thanx a lot

Hell yes! Thanks man. It worked. Saved me a lot of stress lol

@josephk9182

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It worked! Thanks. They didn't put that in the manual.

@josephk9182

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Worked for me!! AWESOME! The manual / Trouble Shooting guide, that come with it didn't say anything about that!!

@josephk9182

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Thank you so much for the video. You saved me a lot of $$$. Thanks!

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Worked for me, thanks.😁☺

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Thanks man! You helped me

@josephk9182

Жыл бұрын

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Thank you so much brother. You're a life saver

@josephk9182

Жыл бұрын

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thank you!! this video fixed out water heater!!

@josephk9182

4 жыл бұрын

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Thank you so much. I finally got mines to work after multiple failed attempts thank you very much

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2 жыл бұрын

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I painted the cement floor around the furnace and water heater. I used a spray can of KILZ primer then paint. I guess one or the other had fumes that triggered the sensor. Reset worked like a charm.

@josephk9182

2 жыл бұрын

Very good

Thank you so much! It worked!

Worked like a charm on mine. I have the exact same model and have hot water again.

@josephk9182

3 жыл бұрын

well done.

Thank you!

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Thanks I tried this on my water heater and it's working fine now Thankyou

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Awesome. Thank you.

@josephk9182

2 жыл бұрын

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Worked like a charm. Thank you, sir.

@josephk9182

4 жыл бұрын

You welcome

It worked great exactly what he said to reset it

Worked for me, as well! Thanks!

@josephk9182

4 жыл бұрын

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This just saved me! That did the trick! Thank you!!!

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Brilliant! Thank you so much!

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Amazing! Worked like a charm. Fired right up. Thanks for the tips

Thank you! Worked like a charm.

@josephk9182

3 жыл бұрын

Great.

Thank you - this fix worked 1st time around! Woo hoo, thank you sir!

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@mikehubbarth4336

2 жыл бұрын

@@josephk9182 Hi Joseph - after a few hours, it went back to the 7 flashes and stopped working. I successfully restarted it again, but it went back to 7 flashes a 3rd time. Any idea what that means? Broken FVS or bad battery on Honeywell?

@josephk9182

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikehubbarth4336 You may have a gas substance in the air where the water heater is located. Did you paint the area? You may have a gas leaks. Try to ventilate the area. If it does not work you may have a bad sensor that need to be replaced.

@mikehubbarth4336

2 жыл бұрын

@@josephk9182 thanks Joseph - I think you are correct. We didn't paint recently so it's either a gas leak or a bad sensor. I am hoping the latter! Thanks for your help, it has been much appreciated. You are da man!

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2 жыл бұрын

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It worked thank You.

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Thank you so much for this info!! Worked like a charm!

Thank you so much.

Thanks so much, just reset mine with your help!

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