Follett flashing LO WATER: water is there but no ice is being made from it
When a Follett makes ice, the water level drops as water freezes onto the evaporator wall.
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- Ice machine compressor and sealed system repair
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What LO WATER flashing
actually means.
When a Follett makes ice, the water level drops as water freezes onto the evaporator wall. If the level does not fall below the low probes for 9 minutes, the board concludes nothing is freezing, flashes LO WATER and waits an hour. Follett's first suspects are a lack of cooling, such as a low charge or a compressor that is not running, and debris bridging the probes.
Follett ice machine display · also shown as Blinking Low Water, power, time delay
What to do when LO WATER flashing shows on the ice machineKind of codeCooling system
The board saw temperatures or pressures that the sealed system should never reach: a discharge line too hot, a suction side that never cools, or a compressor that starts and stops on its overload. A dirty condenser can push a healthy system into this family, so it is the first thing to rule out; a low charge, a leak or a tired compressor is not. On many current machines that system holds R-290, which is flammable, and only a technician opens it.
Usually leads toIce machine compressor and sealed system repair
The compressor, its start parts and the sealed system, including machines on flammable R-290, tested for pressure and leaks and repaired by the maker's procedure.
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.
MakeFollett
A Follett visit weighs how chewable ice is made and moved to the bin or the dispenser before looking at any single part.
SourceFollett Horizon Elite D710A installation, operation and service manual
Horizon Elite heads (D710A manual and the R290 C1014/C1414 user guide). On the R290 guide, a VFD error is added to the causes.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Follett's own guidance for LO WATER flashing on its ice machines. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Note whether POWER and TIME DELAY are blinking along with LO WATER.
Check that the condenser grille is not blocked and the room is not unusually hot.
Let the one-hour delay run out and see whether the machine starts making ice.
If it flashes again, book a visit; checking pressures and the compressor is work for a technician.
Still there?
It usually turns into ice machine compressor and sealed system repair. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
A flashing LO WATER does not mean the water supply is off, which is the steady light. It also does not by itself prove a leak in the sealed system, because scale or debris across the probes can give the same reading.
What you may
notice with it.
The ice machine problems LO WATER flashing tends to arrive with. Answer these at the ice machine before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where LO WATER flashing usually leads
Ice machine compressor and sealed system repair.
Follett
ice machines.
A Follett visit weighs how chewable ice is made and moved to the bin or the dispenser before looking at any single part.
Follett ice machine repairMore Follett codes
Cooling system on other makes
All 13 codes of this kind
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 Follett's own words
if the water level does not fall below the low probes for 9 minutes, the machine will enter a 1-hour time delay soft error
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Horizon Elite heads (D710A manual and the R290 C1014/C1414 user guide). On the R290 guide, a VFD error is added to the causes.
Follett LO WATER flashing 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 LO WATER flashing.
Can I clear LO WATER flashing myself?
My Follett LO WATER light is blinking but the water is on. What is wrong?
Can dirty probes cause a blinking LO WATER on a Follett?
Is a blinking LO WATER on an R290 Follett a gas leak?
Back to your everyday
Still showing LO WATER flashing?
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.