Ice-O-Matic slow blue flash: three-minute restart delay
When a CIM shuts off because the bin is full, or because the bin thermostat opened for 90 seconds, it waits three minutes before it will restart.
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- Mode, not a failure
- No repair needed
- Source: Ice-O-Matic
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What Slow blue flash
actually means.
When a CIM shuts off because the bin is full, or because the bin thermostat opened for 90 seconds, it waits three minutes before it will restart. That protects the compressor from starting too soon after stopping. The display shows a slow blue flash during that time.
Ice-O-Matic ice machine display
What to do when Slow blue flash 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
Wait at least three minutes; the unit restarts on its own if ice is needed.
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.
MakeIce-O-Matic
Ice-O-Matic machines get a visit that starts at the water inlet and the distribution tube, where scale often shows up first.
SourceIce-O-Matic Elevation Series CIM modular cuber technical service manual (5/11/26)
Elevation Series CIM modular cubers. Codes show as red and yellow flash patterns on the POWER and CLEAN buttons of the push pad and the board. Boards before serial 2106 grouped some limits differently.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Ice-O-Matic's own guidance for Slow blue flash on its ice machines. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Wait at least three minutes; the unit restarts on its own if ice is needed.
If the flashing continues much longer, check whether ice is holding the curtain open.
If the unit never restarts with an empty bin, book a visit for the curtain switches or bin thermostat.
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
The slow blue flash is not an error code and needs no reset. It is also not Error 2, which is a slow flash on POWER while the unit is off.
What you may
notice with it.
The ice machine problems Slow blue flash 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.
Ice-O-Matic
ice machines.
Ice-O-Matic machines get a visit that starts at the water inlet and the distribution tube, where scale often shows up first.
Ice-O-Matic ice machine repairMore Ice-O-Matic 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 Ice-O-Matic's own words
it won't restart for 3 minutes to prevent compressor short cycling. Showing a slow Blue flashing light on the Display.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Elevation Series CIM modular cubers. Codes show as red and yellow flash patterns on the POWER and CLEAN buttons of the push pad and the board. Boards before serial 2106 grouped some limits differently.
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Questions
about Slow blue flash.
Can I clear Slow blue flash myself?
Why does my Ice-O-Matic flash blue slowly after filling the bin?
Do I need to reset my Ice-O-Matic after a slow blue flash?
Can a bin thermostat cause the slow blue flash on an Ice-O-Matic?
Back to your everyday
Still showing Slow blue flash?
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.