Follett TIME DELAY: the ice machine is resting after the bin filled
When a Follett bin or dispenser fills, the bin switch turns production off and the board starts a timed rest; the condenser fan runs a little longer to cool down.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Mode, not a failure
- No repair needed
- Source: Follett
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What TIME DELAY
actually means.
When a Follett bin or dispenser fills, the bin switch turns production off and the board starts a timed rest; the condenser fan runs a little longer to cool down. Once the delay ends and the LOW BIN light is back on, the machine restarts. On Champion dispensers the rest lasts 15 or 30 minutes and a long idle turns into Sleep Mode.
Follett ice machine display · also shown as Time Delay
What to do when TIME DELAY shows on the ice machineKind of codeMode, not a failure
Nothing is broken; the control is reporting a state someone chose or a routine it runs: a clean or sanitize reminder counting the hours since the last cycle, a delay of a few minutes after power returns before the pump and compressor start, a bin-full light while the bin control is satisfied, or a standby or off mode someone chose at the keypad. No part is needed; finishing the cycle the light asks for, waiting out the delay or the key sequence from the manual ends it.
Usually leads toNo repair
Look at the bin or dispenser hopper; if it is full, nothing needs doing.
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
All Horizon Elite and Maestro Plus heads; Champion 7 and 15 dispensers show Time Delay and Sleep Mode on the help screen.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Follett's own guidance for TIME DELAY on its ice machines. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Look at the bin or dispenser hopper; if it is full, nothing needs doing.
If the bin is low and TIME DELAY stays on, check that the ice transport tube is seated in its coupling and not kinked.
If TIME DELAY lights together with HI AMPS, LO WATER or HI PRESSURE, look up that code instead.
If the bin is low and the tube looks right, book a visit to check the bin switch and shuttle.
Cleared?
The light or code is gone, and the machine fills, freezes and drops a full batch of cubes into the bin with no new part. If it returns within a week, or the clean light comes back straight after a cleaning cycle, mention that in the booking.
What not to do
TIME DELAY alone is normal operation. It becomes a problem only when it appears with a low bin, which Follett traces to a jammed tube, a stuck shuttle or a bin thermostat.
What you may
notice with it.
The ice machine problems TIME DELAY tends to arrive with. Answer these at the ice machine before anyone is booked.
All problems
No repair indicated
Nothing to repair.
Nothing is broken; the control is reporting a state someone chose or a routine it runs: a clean or sanitize reminder counting the hours since the last cycle, a delay of a few minutes after power returns before the pump and compressor start, a bin-full light while the bin control is satisfied, or a standby or off mode someone chose at the keypad. No part is needed; finishing the cycle the light asks for, waiting out the delay or the key sequence from the manual ends it.
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
Mode, not a failure 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 Follett's own words
The TIME DELAY light comes on, initiating the time delay period.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. All Horizon Elite and Maestro Plus heads; Champion 7 and 15 dispensers show Time Delay and Sleep Mode on the help screen.
Follett TIME DELAY 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 TIME DELAY.
Can I clear TIME DELAY myself?
How long does a Follett stay in TIME DELAY?
My Follett is in TIME DELAY but the bin is almost empty. Why?
My Champion dispenser says Sleep Mode. Is it off?
Back to your everyday
Still showing TIME DELAY?
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.