Hoshizaki 5 beeps on a DCM dispenser: water not used for 30 minutes
A DCM makes cubelet ice continuously from water in its reservoir, and the upper float switch calls for more water as the level drops.
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What 5 beeps
actually means.
A DCM makes cubelet ice continuously from water in its reservoir, and the upper float switch calls for more water as the level drops. If the float does not call for water within 30 minutes, the board concludes that no ice is being made and shuts down with five beeps. Hoshizaki lists a float stuck up, an inlet valve leaking by, a bad expansion valve, a liquid line valve not opening, low charge, a headmaster not bypassing, or a weak compressor.
Hoshizaki ice machine display
What to do when 5 beeps 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.
MakeHoshizaki
On a Hoshizaki ice machine, the technician notes every alarm signal and checks the water and condenser before pricing any part.
SourceHoshizaki DCM-300/500/751/752 cubelet icemaker/dispenser service manual, No. 73209 (archived copy of hoshizakiamerica.com)
DCM cubelet icemaker/dispensers (DCM-300, 500, 751, 752) repeat the beeps every five seconds and also light an orange ALARM LED; their beep list differs from the KM list.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Hoshizaki's own guidance for 5 beeps on its ice machines. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Count the beeps: five, every five seconds, is this alarm.
Switch the unit off and on once, which is the manual reset Hoshizaki gives.
If five beeps return, book a visit.
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
Five beeps are not a low-water alarm; that is one beep. The KM cuber table does not use five beeps.
What you may
notice with it.
The ice machine problems 5 beeps tends to arrive with. Answer these at the ice machine before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where 5 beeps usually leads
Ice machine water valve and filter repair.
Hoshizaki
ice machines.
On a Hoshizaki ice machine, the technician notes every alarm signal and checks the water and condenser before pricing any part.
Hoshizaki ice machine repairMore Hoshizaki 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 Hoshizaki's own words
WV off > 30 min. since last WV activation.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. DCM cubelet icemaker/dispensers (DCM-300, 500, 751, 752) repeat the beeps every five seconds and also light an orange ALARM LED; their beep list differs from the KM list.
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Questions
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Back to your everyday
Still showing 5 beeps?
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.