Honeywell V4043H 1056 2 Port Zone Valve Normally Closed 22mm

Product Information

Honeywell say that the manual lever located on the end of the powerhead is not a position indicator and should be used used for filling the system and for draining down only.

Nearly all Honeywell valves have a powerhead (also called an actuator) which can be separated from the valve body. The valve body is the brass casting which is bolted into the pipework. Replacement synchronous motors for multiple series of motorised valves are available at BES. One of our most versatile replacement motor is found here.

Product Specification

The Honeywell mid-position motorised valve has three ports in a T configuration. Water enters via port AB. Water leaves by either port A or port B or by both at the same time. Port A is normally connected to the radiator circuit and Port B to the cylinder coil (to heat hot water). The circulating pump is usually connected to feed water from the boiler into port AB. This can cause the valve spindle to seize. It often becomes stiff to turn at first and the valve may give intermittent problems. Eventually, the spindle may become so stiff that the valve motor cannot turn it at all. The rubber ball sits against the circular port (right side in photo), closing it off. We’re told that the ball touches one edge of the circular port first, causing the ball to rotate slightly on its spindle. This regular slight rotation evens out distortions in the ball. A little piece of elegant design work by Honeywell! A normally-closed valve is closed when no power is being applied to it and needs electrical power to drive it open.

Honeywell V4073A1039 22mm 3-port mid-position motorised valve showing inlet port AB and outlet ports A and B. This valve can be open to either port A or port B, or to both ports at the same time The wires to disconnect are the two wires which run from the motor. On earlier motorised valves, these were both joined to other wires using metal crimps encased in plastic. On more recent valves, one wire is joined with a crimp and the other is wired directly to the electrical components of the valve. Our replacement heads allow a complete power head assembly to be replaced without draining down. For older style valves, a power head conversion kit can be used to upgrade the valve to allow the replaceable head to be used. Honeywell make a large range of motorised valves used in domestic central heating systems. The most common by far are the 22mm 3-port, 5-wire, mid-position valve and the 22mm 2-port, 5-wire, zone valve. These 22mm valves (3-port V4073A1039 and 2-port V4043H1056) are used in smaller and medium sized properties.You should be able to feel a bit of spring resistance, right at the far end (Man Open end) of the slot. Honeywell V4043H1056 22mm 2-port zone valves have five wires: green/yellow is Earth, blue is Neutral, brown is Live (or Line) to the motor, grey and orange are connected to the end switch and form part of a separate circuit. The auxiliary circuit (grey and orange wires) is commonly used to operate the boiler and/or the circulating pump. The auxiliary circuit could be set to work at a lower voltage than mains but it is normally carrying mains voltage. It works like this: One of the two wires, typically the grey, is connected to a permanent mains Live supply (about 230V AC in the UK). The other wire, usually the orange, is connected to the Switched Live feed to the boiler. 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.

The Y Plan and S Plan names are more commonly used when other Honeywell controls are also used (programmer, room thermostat, cylinder thermostat and wiring centre). 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. 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. In smaller properties there is usually one programmer which has two channels. One programmer channel controls the heating (radiators or underfloor) and the other programmer channel controls hot water. Where additional zone valves are used there will usually be another programmer or timer. Honeywell motorised valve constructionThe Honeywell V4043H1106 28mm 2-port zone valve has 6 wires. Five of these wires are the same as 22mm 2-port valve.Green/yellow is Earth, blue is Neutral, brown is Live (or Line) to the motor, grey and orange are connected to the end switch and form part of a separate circuit.

With modern boilers, the boiler sends a Live feed to the circulating pump which then pumps heated boiler water through the valve. It will go to the radiators or to the cylinder coil, depending on which valve was opened. With older boilers, the Live from the auxiliary circuit end switch goes directly to the pump at the same time as it goes to the boiler Switched Live. Typically, a small or medium sized property will have either one 3-port valve (which splits the central heating water flow between cylinder and radiators) or two 2-port valves (one governing flow to the cylinder and one governing flow to the radiators). It will make it easier when re-fitting it (just remember which end the flex was connected or take a picture on your phone). The powerhead can only fit one way round onto the valve body but if space is tight that might not be obvious. When all electrical power to the heating controls is switched off, the spring pulls the ball across to close port A, leaving port B open. This is the relaxed state or de-energised state of the valve. It is also sometimes called the Normal state.

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Motorised valves are often fitted in tight spaces with limited visibility so note the orientation of the powerhead. 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! When a demand comes from the programmer (via the thermostat), the motor is energised and drives the valve open to allow water to pass. When the valve is fully open, a microswitch is operated in the powerhead, connecting the grey wire to the orange wire. This is called closing the switch. It sounds a bit counter-intuitive, but when a switch is closed it is completing the circuit and allowing current to pass; when the switch is opened it is opening a break in the circuit and stops current from passing. Drive spindle of a Honeywell motorised valve. It is accessed by removing the valve powerhead. Be warned, with Honeywell motorised valves made pre-1985 you have to drain down first to remove the powerhead! Replacing a failed Synchron motor in a Honeywell motorised valve is quite straightforward, assuming you know how to work with mains electricity safely. Make sure you read the whole process through before starting!