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However, if you need to replace the motor it may be easier to remove the powerhead so you can work on it in the open. Remember, on early Honeywell motorised valves (pre-1985) you can’t remove the powerhead without draining down first! The Honeywell V4073A 3-port valve has five wires. These are blue, green/yellow, white, grey and orange. Note that the grey and orange wires are used differently from the grey and orange wires of the 2-port valve!
If it’s the other way round, and the 2-port valve controlling the hot water circuit is failing, it may be less obvious. The heating circuit valve may be open for long periods telling the boiler to fire. If the hot water valve is partially open, you may not run out of hot water. Sometimes a powerhead is able to drive the valve only part way open but not far enough for the auxiliary circuit end switch to close. This valve will then not be able to tell the boiler to fire. Where possible a photo of the V4073 Sychronous Motor detail is included in the listing for identification purposes onlyFortunately I do have a multimeter but didn't need it because my valves have an led that indicates when open. So I operated the valve manually and the led lit up and everything started up as normal. So I knew the motor was receiving power.. where can i buy the replacement motor from on the high street today and what's a reasonable price for it?
The auxiliary circuit allows several 2-port motorised valves to be used to control separate zones without interacting electrically. Otherwise, if several zone valves were used without auxiliary circuits, and all were connected to the same pump so that the Live wire that opened each valve also fed the pump Live, there would be problems. The V4043B valves are uncommon and likely to be found in solid fuel systems. These valves fail-safe in the open position in the event of a power failure or valve motor failure.In normal operation, with a heat-only boiler, central heating water is heated in the boiler and then pumped round the system by a circulating pump. Motorised valves are used to split or divert the flow. The heated water can either be sent to the radiators (or underfloor heating) or to the cylinder coil to heat the domestic hot tap water. The cooled circulating water is then returned to the boiler to be heated again. Starting with the controls set for Heating Only, hold the lever tight against the right side of the slot. Now get someone to select Hot Water too, so you get Heating and Hot Water together. You may need to turn the cylinder stat up to make it call. As soon as Hot Water is also called, you will hearthe valve start to unwind under the force of the spring, then you will feel the lever “bump” your finger. That noise and that bump are diagnostic. They tell us that the valve has moved into the mid-position where both Heating and Hot Water ports are open. If you can make a Honeywell 3-port mid-position valve move into all three of those positions, the valve and controls appear to be wired correctly and the valve appears to be working normally.
If Hot Water is then satisfied (either by the programmer or cylinder stat), the grey wire is energised. As there is still a demand for Heating, the valve will motor to the Heating Only position (port A open; port B closed) and switch a 230V supply onto the orange wire, to power the boiler. V4044C motorised valves are 3 port diverter valves. They send flow to either the hot water port or the heating port but not both, except briefly during switchover. They are 3 wire valves.Compatible with V4043H, V4044C and V4073A valves, this Honeywell replacement synchronous motor with 240VAC supply voltage is required for all modern two or three port motorised valves in any body size and pipe connection type. On modern Honeywell valves, if the powerhead fails it can be removed from the valve body without draining down. However,be warned!With very old Honeywell motorised valves the powerhead could not be removed without draining the water first.
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