Blue Air E2: the ice machine harvest ran too long twice
Harvest on a BLMI head is allowed 25 minutes.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Harvest and freeze cycle
- Ice machine harvest repair
- Source: Blue Air
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What E2
actually means.
Harvest on a BLMI head is allowed 25 minutes. After one overrun the machine goes back to freezing; after a second, it stops and beeps with E2. Blue Air names a hot gas valve that does not open, an evaporator temperature sensing problem, a stopped compressor, a leak, a room or water that is too cold, and voltage.
Blue Air ice machine display
What to do when E2 shows on the ice machineKind of codeHarvest and freeze cycle
A freeze ran longer than the board allows, or a harvest started and the ice never fell. Scale on the evaporator holds the sheet to the plate, a thickness probe crusted with minerals never signals, a hot gas valve that does not open leaves the plate cold, a harvest assist that does not push, or a water curtain that swings without tripping its switch all end in this family. A cleaning cycle run by the manual often clears it; a valve or a probe is a technician's job.
Usually leads toIce machine harvest repair
The hot gas valve, harvest assist, curtain switch and thickness probe that decide when a sheet of cubes is done and make it drop.
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 BLMI modular ice machine user manual (3rd generation evaporator)
BLMI modular heads, 3rd-generation evaporator (manual 220627).
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Blue Air's own guidance for E2 on its ice machines. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Look for a sheet of ice still stuck on the evaporator.
Check that the room is not below 45 F.
Clean and sanitize the machine if it is overdue; scale makes ice hold on.
If E2 returns, book a visit to test the hot gas valve and evaporator sensor.
Still there?
It usually turns into ice machine harvest repair. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
E2 is not a water shortage; that is E5. It also does not mean the bin is full, which the display shows as Full.
What you may
notice with it.
The ice machine problems E2 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the ice machine before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where E2 usually leads
Ice machine harvest 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
Harvest and freeze cycle 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
During the second harvesting cycle, if time goes over 25 minutes, error code (E2) is shown on the contro panel with a beep sound.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. BLMI modular heads, 3rd-generation evaporator (manual 220627).
Blue Air E2 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.
All service areasTampa BayFL · 31 areas
Miami / South FloridaFL · 47 areas
New York MetroNY · 75 areas
HoustonTX · 36 areas
ChicagoIL · 50 areas
Los AngelesCA · 95 areas
San DiegoCA · 31 areas
Questions
about E2.
Can I clear E2 myself?
What does E2 mean on a Blue Air modular ice machine?
Can a cold room cause E2 on my Blue Air?
Is E2 on a Blue Air the hot gas valve?
Back to your everyday
Still showing E2?
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.