Reliance Water Heater Natural Gas Control Valve 100112336 Thermostat Compatible with A.O. Smith, Reliance, State, and American Branded Water Heaters

The product worked very well and arrived in the time I ordered

It work so far good 💯

This is the second time I've had to replace this thermostat in two years...that's three thermostats total. This t-stat has a design flaw. The settings on the tstat go vac, low, hot, A,B,C and Very Hot. If you set it past A, it sets of a thermal trip in the memory of the motherboard of the T-stat, and it stops working. There is no way to clear the memory, once it trips, the t-stat is no good and needs replacing. A better design would be to set the thermal trip point higher, or do away with any setting that would trip the sensor, or allow the memory to be cleared and reset. There is a slight work around that avoids having to drain the entire tank and replace the entire unit. The t-stat comes in two parts, the mother board is on the top (is contained in the half of the thermostat that you see in the pic) and attaches with three electrical clips (the kind that just plug In, no wiring or soldering). The second part has the thermostat part that actually goes into the tank and measures the temp of the water. The faulty part is the motherboard that sits in the front part of the t-stat. If your thermostat is newer and you have no reason to believe the internals are damaged, just replace the front part of the thermostat. Plug the clips into the right place on the existing portion, close it, and you are good to go with much less headache!

My water heater is about 13 years old but it still looks brand new. It started acting up on me and would not stay on. Pilot light was on and I reset the control valve by turning it off and then back on again. It would fire up but the light on the valve kept blinking 5 times saying it was the temperature sensor failure. I looked up videos on YouTube on diagnosing the issue and finding out how to swap out the control valve hoping that was the problem. I ordered this valve and it arrived in about 2 days. I removed the old valve and replaced it with this one and it fired up right away. It has been working perfect ever since.

This water heater gas control valve worked properly, and was delivered in a timely manner--not quite as quickly as the description showed, but it was delivered to a rural address. One caveat: The nipple to connect to the burner jet was shorter than that on the water heater valve it was replacing. It would be nice if more pictures of the back of the valve were included in the item description.

Didn't work for me ... thermostat shaft was different than what I removed. Return process was ok though.

Worked well on my hot water tank part was great

Description on site inaccurate. Purchased what was to fit my hot water but did not fit. Amazon returned my money in just 48 hours after I spoke to them.