Blue Air E11: the ice dispenser bin full sensor has failed
The dispenser uses a bin full sensor to stop making ice when its small storage fills.
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- Sensors and bin control
- Ice machine bin control repair
- Source: Blue Air
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What E11
actually means.
The dispenser uses a bin full sensor to stop making ice when its small storage fills. When that sensor reads open or shorted, the board cannot tell how full the bin is and stops with E11.
Blue Air ice machine display · also shown as Water button blinks twice a second
What to do when E11 shows on the ice machineKind of codeSensors and bin control
A sensor is telling the board something that is not true: a bin control that reads full on an empty bin, or empty while ice spills over the top, a curtain switch stuck open, a temperature sensor out of range, or an eye on a dispenser that no longer sees the cup. Scale and slime on a probe or an ultrasonic sensor cause much of it. Clearing ice piled against the bin control is a safe first step; testing and replacing a sensor is a technician's.
Usually leads toIce machine bin control repair
The thermostat bulb, paddle, curtain switch or electronic eye that senses a full bin, adjusted or replaced so the machine stops and restarts on time.
Shows up asIce Machine Error Code or Flashing Light: What It Is Telling You
An ice machine error code may show as a number on a small display, a pattern of blinking lights on the control board, a colored light on the front, or a machine that stops with one indicator flashing.
MakeBlue Air
Blue Air ice machine calls start by reading the controls and looking at the evaporator for scale that slows the freeze.
SourceBlue Air BLDN-280A countertop ice and water dispenser manual
BLDN-280A countertop nugget ice and water dispenser (10 lb built-in storage).
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Blue Air's own guidance for E11 on its ice machines. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Switch the dispenser off and on once.
Clean the dispenser as the manual describes if scale or ice buildup may be covering the sensor area.
If E11 returns, book a visit so the bin full sensor and its plug can be checked.
Still there?
It usually turns into ice machine bin control repair. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
E11 is not a full bin, which simply pauses ice making. It is also not E03, which blinks the Water button once a second instead of twice.
What you may
notice with it.
The ice machine problems E11 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the ice machine before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where E11 usually leads
Ice machine bin control repair.
Blue Air
ice machines.
Blue Air ice machine calls start by reading the controls and looking at the evaporator for scale that slows the freeze.
Blue Air ice machine repairMore Blue Air codes
Sensors and bin control on other makes
Modular ice machine
An ice-making head set on top of a separate storage bin or drink dispenser, cooled by air, water or a condenser on the roof, turning out hundreds of pounds of cubes a day.
Undercounter ice machine
A self-contained ice machine that makes and stores its own ice under a bar, a service counter or a kitchen island, from commercial units to clear-ice models in large homes.
Nugget ice machine
An ice machine that freezes a thin layer inside a chilled cylinder and pushes it out with an auger as soft, chewable nuggets, for clinics, offices, hotels and large homes.
In Blue Air's own words
E11 Bin full sensor error Water button blinks twice per second
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. BLDN-280A countertop nugget ice and water dispenser (10 lb built-in storage).
Blue Air E11 ice machine repair,
where we come out.
The same visit in every metro below: the code, the model number, and a diagnosis before any part is ordered.
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Questions
about E11.
Can I clear E11 myself?
How is E11 different from a full bin on my Blue Air dispenser?
Water button blinking fast on my Blue Air: E03 or E11?
Can I still get water from my Blue Air dispenser with E11?
Back to your everyday
Still showing E11?
A booking with a code goes further when it carries the light or code copied as it appeared, the model and serial off the data plate, and a word on whether cubes still fall into the bin. With those three in hand, our office can match the probable part to your machine the same afternoon.