Scotsman code 5: sump temperature sensor out of limits
The sump sensor tells the Prodigy controller the water temperature in the reservoir.
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- Sensors and bin control
- Ice machine bin control repair
- Source: Scotsman
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What 5
actually means.
The sump sensor tells the Prodigy controller the water temperature in the reservoir. If its resistance reads outside the expected band, the controller shows 5. A damaged sensor, a loose connector or a chafed lead are the usual causes.
Scotsman ice machine display
What to do when 5 shows on the ice machineKind of codeSensors and bin control
A sensor is telling the board something that is not true: a bin control that reads full on an empty bin, or empty while ice spills over the top, a curtain switch stuck open, a temperature sensor out of range, or an eye on a dispenser that no longer sees the cup. Scale and slime on a probe or an ultrasonic sensor cause much of it. Clearing ice piled against the bin control is a safe first step; testing and replacing a sensor is a technician's.
Usually leads toIce machine bin control repair
The thermostat bulb, paddle, curtain switch or electronic eye that senses a full bin, adjusted or replaced so the machine stops and restarts on time.
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.
MakeScotsman
A Scotsman visit sorts out which kind of ice the machine makes, because each kind follows a different service path.
SourceScotsman Prodigy ELITE modular cuber service manual, MC0322 through MC2148 (January 2022)
Prodigy and Prodigy ELITE cubers (MC and C models) show one character in the code display next to the lights. The CM3 nugget control has no code 5.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Scotsman's own guidance for 5 on its ice machines. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Note the code and whether the machine still cycles.
Press Off then On once to see if the reading recovers.
If 5 stays, book a visit to test the sensor; it connects inside the control box.
Still there?
It usually turns into ice machine bin control repair. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
5 is not a warm-water or slow-freeze problem; that shows as 1. It is also not the discharge sensor, which is 7.
What you may
notice with it.
The ice machine problems 5 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the ice machine before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where 5 usually leads
Ice machine bin control repair.
Scotsman
ice machines.
A Scotsman visit sorts out which kind of ice the machine makes, because each kind follows a different service path.
Scotsman ice machine repairMore Scotsman codes
Sensors and bin control 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 Scotsman's own words
Sump Temp Sensor Failure
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Prodigy and Prodigy ELITE cubers (MC and C models) show one character in the code display next to the lights. The CM3 nugget control has no code 5.
Scotsman 5 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.
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Questions
about 5.
Can I clear 5 myself?
Can I keep using my Scotsman with code 5?
Does code 5 appear on Scotsman nugget machines?
Is code 5 the same as code 7 on a Scotsman?
Back to your everyday
Still showing 5?
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.