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when this occurs, please add some salt to the idea in order to stop the ice from sticking together as much. That's the temporary fix. For any other machine, I would think this was an oil issue. That's the parts that create the ice stop-up due to friction caused by a lack of oil. I'm guessing that every time you clean the machine, you decrease the friction between its parts due to the water/soap that you use, but then the oily soap residue gets used up, and the issue returns. Please test out my idea.
Liquid line sensor on ice machines in general is used in conjunction with the control boards to determine defrost and harvest cycles. You could measure the line temp and chech the resistance of the sensor to check it.
After ice is produced (usually about 12-15 minutes) harvest is initiated and the ice should drop off of the plate and the curtain opens and closes in 90 seconds or so. If it takes three minutes and the curtain doesn't open and close the unit will go back into freeze. It will do this three times and then lock out.
First - does the unit make ice and start harvest in 12-15 minutes? Second - Is the ice thick enough? it should be one continuous slab with about 1/4" bridge across the front of the slab. IF both of these answers are yes then the plate is either bad or it needs cleaning. You need nickel safe ice machine cleaner and probably an experienced technician to determine if the plate is worth cleaning or is worn out.
First it has to go through freeze cycle then harvest cycle to drop ice then back to freeze cycle. If you have never worked on ice machines before you should call a service company.
check the cycle time for a batch of ice. should take around 15 minutes to freeze and then you will hear the harvest cycle kick in. If the harvest cycle takes 3 minutes or more that is your problem. You will need to get a hold of NICKEL SAFE ICE MACHINE CLEANER. DO NOT use CLR or any kind of cleaner other than NICKEL SAFE ICE MACHINE CLEANER. If the ice doesn't fall off of the plate in about 90 seconds either the plate is dirty or the nickel plating has come off. There is a failsafe shut down if the unit takes more than 60 minutes to freeze or more than 3 minutes to harvest 3 consecutive times. The cleaning instructions should be inside of one of the covers. If not it's available online.
This light is a harvest limit light. This light's primary function is to be on as water contacts the ice thickness probe during the freeze cycle, and remain on throughout the entire harvest cycle. The light will flicker as water splashes on the probe. The lights secondary function is to continuously flash when the ice machine is shut off on a safety limit, and to indicate which safety limit shut off the ice machine. Start up of machine after turned off. !. Before the ice machine starts, The water pump and water dump solenoid are energized for 45 seconds to purge old water from the water trough. This ensures that the ice making cycle starts with fresh water. The water fill valve energizes after 45 second water purge, and remains on until the water level probe is satisfied. 2. to pre-chill the evaporator, there is no water for the first 30 seconds of the freeze cycle. 3. The water pump starts after 30 seconds pre-chill. An even flow of water is directed across the evaporator and into each cube cell.
Ice thickness probe on Manitowoc and float switch may be dirty or stuck if hoshi. Manitowoc sometime the thickness probe can get dirty and a film of algae and not sense ice properly but rare
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