The small keypad of a stainless modular ice machine with one plain amber light lit beside its buttons, the ice machine's bin below it holding a full mound of clear cubes.

U-Line nugget ice machine lamps flickering in turn: cleaning due

The nugget machine keeps a running total of ice-making time.

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What ICE, NO WATER and DRAIN flicker in turn
actually means.

The nugget machine keeps a running total of ice-making time. After six months of it, the three lamps flicker twice each in turn, and they keep doing so until the cleaning cycle has been run. The machine keeps working in the meantime.

U-Line ice machine display · also shown as cleaning signal

What to do when ICE, NO WATER and DRAIN flicker in turn shows on the ice machine

Before you book,
in this order.

Each step comes from U-Line's own guidance for ICE, NO WATER and DRAIN flicker in turn on its ice machines. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.

01

Get U-Line Ice Machine Cleaner; U-Line says other cleaners can damage the machine.

02

Follow the cleaning steps in the guide, diluting the cleaner as it directs and switching to the cleaning mode.

03

Once the cycle is done the flickering should end; book a visit if it carries on.

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 flicker is a reminder, not a problem, and it does not stop ice production. Lamps that blink together, rather than one after another, are sensor or cooling patterns.

What you may
notice with it.

The ice machine problems ICE, NO WATER and DRAIN flicker in turn 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.

In U-Line's own words

After cumulative 6 months of ice making, the machine will signal that is time to run a cleaning cycle.
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Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. U-Line 1 Class RNP115 and Outdoor ONP115 nugget ice machines, which report through the ICE, NO WATER and DRAIN lamps beside the light button.

U-Line ICE, NO WATER and DRAIN flicker in turn 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 ICE, NO WATER and DRAIN flicker in turn.

Can I clear ICE, NO WATER and DRAIN flicker in turn myself?
Get U-Line Ice Machine Cleaner; U-Line says other cleaners can damage the machine.
How do I stop the lamps flickering on my U-Line nugget machine?
Run the cleaning cycle. The flicker stops only when it is done.
Is six months of ice making the same as six calendar months?
It is cumulative ice-making time, so a machine that rests often will go longer between reminders.
Can I clean my U-Line nugget machine before the lamps ask?
Yes. Hard water or visible scale are good reasons to clean sooner.

Back to your everyday

Still showing ICE, NO WATER and DRAIN flicker in turn?

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.

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