Blue Air E5: the ice machine did not fill with water in time
After harvest, a BLMI head refills its trough, watched by a float switch.
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- Water supply
- Ice machine water valve and filter repair
- Source: Blue Air
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What E5
actually means.
After harvest, a BLMI head refills its trough, watched by a float switch. If the level is still low after 4 minutes, the machine halts with E5 to keep the water pump from running dry. Blue Air lists a float switch or water valve that is not working and water pressure below 30 psi.
Blue Air ice machine display
What to do when E5 shows on the ice machineKind of codeWater supply
The water side came up short: the trough did not fill in the time allowed, the float or level probe never saw water, or water kept flowing when the inlet valve should have closed. A supply valve left partly shut, a clogged filter cartridge, low building pressure or a sticking inlet valve are the usual causes. Opening the valve fully and fitting a fresh filter clears the simple cases; a valve that hums without passing water is a visit.
Usually leads toIce machine water valve and filter repair
The inlet valve, filter, sump float or level probe and supply line, tested and replaced when water arrives short, dirty or nonstop.
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 E5 on its ice machines. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Make sure the water shut-off valve to the machine is fully open.
Check the water filter cartridge and replace it if it is overdue.
Ask whether other fixtures in the building have low pressure; Blue Air wants 30 to 100 psi.
If E5 returns with good pressure, book a visit to check the float switch and water valve.
Still there?
It usually turns into ice machine water valve and filter repair. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
E5 on a BLMI head is not the same as E05 on the BLDN-280A dispenser, although both are about low water. It also does not mean the drain is blocked.
What you may
notice with it.
The ice machine problems E5 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the ice machine before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where E5 usually leads
Ice machine water valve and filter 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
Water supply 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
For protection of water pump, if water level is low after harvesting cycle, machine halts and error code (E5) is shown
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 E5 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 E5.
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Back to your everyday
Still showing E5?
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.