Marvel clear ice machine
showing CLEAN
Marvel's clear ice machines show CLEAN every six months because minerals build up on the cold evaporator plate and spoil the ice.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Mode, not a failure
- No repair needed
- Source: Marvel
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What CLEAN
actually means.
Marvel's clear ice machines show CLEAN every six months because minerals build up on the cold evaporator plate and spoil the ice. Ice making continues while CLEAN shows, and a short press of ON/OFF clears it for another six months. CLEAN is also shown while the cleaning mode runs.
Marvel ice machine display · also shown as CLEAN reminder
What to do when CLEAN 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
Order a nickel-safe ice machine cleaner approved by Marvel.
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.
MakeMarvel
Marvel ice machine visits in a home start with the drain and the water supply, then move to the clear ice cycle.
SourceMarvel clear ice machine owner's guide (MACL215, MACP215, MLCL215, MLCP215, MOCL215, MOCP215, MP15CP)
Marvel Classic, Low Profile and Outdoor 15-inch clear ice machines with the ICE, ECO, OFF, DOOR and CLEAN word display (MLCL215/MLCP215, MACL215/MACP215, MOCL215/MOCP215 and the earlier MA15C, ML15C, MO15C, MP15C). The Professional MPCP415 uses a different numeric control.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Marvel's own guidance for CLEAN on its ice machines. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Order a nickel-safe ice machine cleaner approved by Marvel.
Follow the guide: turn the machine off, empty the bin, drain the reservoir and let ice fall from the plate without forcing it through the grid cutter.
Run the cleaning mode from the options menu; if you only want to clear the reminder, tap ON/OFF.
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
CLEAN does not mean the machine has stopped or is failing; it keeps making ice. Clearing the reminder without cleaning just moves it on six months, so hard water can still cause cloudy or thin cubes before it returns.
What you may
notice with it.
The ice machine problems CLEAN 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.
Marvel
ice machines.
Marvel ice machine visits in a home start with the drain and the water supply, then move to the clear ice cycle.
Marvel ice machine repairMore Marvel codes
Mode, not a failure on other makes
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 Marvel's own words
A "CLEAN" reminder will occur every 6 months
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Marvel Classic, Low Profile and Outdoor 15-inch clear ice machines with the ICE, ECO, OFF, DOOR and CLEAN word display (MLCL215/MLCP215, MACL215/MACP215, MOCL215/MOCP215 and the earlier MA15C, ML15C, MO15C, MP15C). The Professional MPCP415 uses a different numeric control.
Marvel CLEAN 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
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Back to your everyday
Still showing CLEAN?
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.