KoolAire clean light flashing: the water trough did not drain
On a first start, or a start after the head shut itself off, a KoolAire head dumps its trough through the water dump valve to the drain.
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What Clean light flashing
actually means.
On a first start, or a start after the head shut itself off, a KoolAire head dumps its trough through the water dump valve to the drain. If the water level does not drop, the board flashes the clean light. A dump valve blocked by scale, a kinked or clogged drain line, or a drain without a proper air gap are the likely reasons.
Koolaire ice machine display
What to do when Clean light flashing shows on the ice machineKind of codeDrain and pump
Water that should have left the machine is still inside it. A gravity drain clogged with slime or scale, a line run too flat to keep up during a harvest, a drain pump whose float sticks or whose motor has stopped, or an air gap blocked at the floor sink all back water into the bin or across the floor. Checking that the drain outlet in view runs clear is a fair first step; the pump and the line inside the cabinet are a visit.
Usually leads toIce machine drain and pump repair
Gravity drains, air gaps, drain pumps and their lines, cleared or replaced when meltwater backs up into the bin or reaches the floor.
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.
MakeKoolaire
KoolAire ice machine service begins with a look at the air filter, the condenser fins and the water trough.
SourceKoolAire K, KP and KT modular ice machines technician's handbook (Part Number 000018624 Rev 00)
KoolAire K, KP and KT heads with the toggle-switch control board, at initial start-up or after an automatic shut-off.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Koolaire's own guidance for Clean light flashing on its ice machines. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Check the drain line behind the head for kinks, and look at the floor drain it runs to for a backup.
Switch the toggle to OFF and see whether water is standing in the trough.
If the trough stays full, book a visit to clean or replace the dump valve; do not open the drain fittings under the head yourself.
Still there?
It usually turns into ice machine drain and pump repair. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
The flashing clean light does not mean a cleaning is due; the six-month de-scale is kept by the calendar, not by this light. It also is not a water supply problem, which flashes the two service lights.
What you may
notice with it.
The ice machine problems Clean light flashing tends to arrive with. Answer these at the ice machine before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where Clean light flashing usually leads
Ice machine drain and pump repair.
Koolaire
ice machines.
KoolAire ice machine service begins with a look at the air filter, the condenser fins and the water trough.
Koolaire ice machine repairMore Koolaire codes
Drain and pump 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.
In Koolaire's own words
If the water trough fails to drain after the water dump valve has energized/ de-energized, a clean light will flash.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. KoolAire K, KP and KT heads with the toggle-switch control board, at initial start-up or after an automatic shut-off.
Koolaire Clean light flashing ice machine repair,
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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 Clean light flashing.
Can I clear Clean light flashing myself?
My KoolAire clean light flashes right after I turn it on. Does it need a cleaning cycle?
Can a drain that backs up make my KoolAire flash the clean light?
Is water on the floor linked to a flashing clean light on a KoolAire?
Back to your everyday
Still showing Clean light 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.