Turn the gas control valve on the water heater to the off position.
Whirlpool gas water heater temperature sensor failure.
If the sensor does have a short it requires replacement.
The image below shows the location of this plug on the control board.
Close the shutoff valve on the gas supply piping to the water heater.
Drain the water heater and then replace the heating element if it failed.
Before replacing the thermistors temperature sensors i recommend shutting off the breaker and checking the plug for the thermistors on the control board.
Remove the cover panel exposing the burner assembly standing pilot or burner manifold cover plate electronic ignition.
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Refill the water heater before you flip the house circuit breakers on and restore power.
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5 replace gas valve this indicates a sensor failure and the gas control valve must be replaced.
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To reduce the risk of property damage serious injury or death read and follow all labels on the water heater and the safety instructions in the printed owner s manual.
Sensor failure sometimes the sensors that read the temperature of the water can fail which is difficult to detect without using a multimeter to measure the temperature sensor for a shorted circuit.
Internal sensor failure the information on this web site is supplemental to the printed instructions that came with your water heater.
7 replace gas valve overall failure of the gas valve and will usually require replacement.
Failure around water filling water leakage in appliance detected check for water traces in heater connector area or corrosion in the flange area yes no if the water temperature sensor is out of range f05 is displayed.
The heating element should measure 5 25 ohms of resistance.
If this error condition continues replace the electronic thermostat.
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