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# U-Line nugget ice machine with NO WATER and DRAIN blinking: bin sensor

The nugget machine stops making ice when a temperature sensor in the bin feels the ice.

## What NO WATER and DRAIN blinking actually means.

The nugget machine stops making ice when a temperature sensor in the bin feels the ice. When that sensor reads open or shorted, the control blinks NO WATER and DRAIN together. Without it, the machine cannot tell when the bin is full.

U-Line ice machine display · also shown as ice full sensor error

What to do when NO WATER and DRAIN blinking shows on the ice machine

### Kind of code Sensors 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 to Ice 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 as Ice 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.

### Make U-Line

U-Line ice machine visits in a home bar start at the drain, since a slow line affects both the ice and the floor around it.

### Source U-Line URNP115 15-inch nugget ice machine user guide

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.

## Before you book, in this order.

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

01

Turn the machine off and look in the bin for a sensor lead that has been knocked loose by the scoop.

02

Do not pull on wiring or remove panels to reach it.

03

Book a visit to test and replace the sensor.

### Still there?

It usually turns into [ice machine bin control repair](https://icemachinerepair.center/services/ice-machine-bin-control-repair/). Book with the code and the model number.

### What not to do

Despite the lamps it uses, this pattern says nothing about water supply or draining. Those lamps blinking one at a time mean Er15 or Er16.

## What you may notice with it.

The ice machine problems NO WATER and DRAIN blinking tends to arrive with. Answer these at the ice machine before anyone is booked.

[All problems](https://icemachinerepair.center/problems/)

Before you call

### [Ice Machine Error Code or Flashing Light: What It Is Telling You](https://icemachinerepair.center/problems/ice-machine-error-code/)

[All 7 causes, cheapest first](https://icemachinerepair.center/problems/ice-machine-error-code/)

It also comes with

- [**Ice Bin Full but the Ice Machine Keeps Making Ice**](https://icemachinerepair.center/problems/ice-machine-bin-full-but-still-making-ice/)
- [**Ice Machine Running but Not Making Ice**](https://icemachinerepair.center/problems/ice-machine-not-making-ice/)

Problem

### Ice Machine Error Code or Flashing Light: What It Is Telling You

7 causes, cheapest first

Where NO WATER and DRAIN blinking usually leads

## Ice machine bin control repair.

**Bin thermostat, paddle, curtain switch or ice-level sensor · low.**

Book a visit [What the job involves](https://icemachinerepair.center/services/ice-machine-bin-control-repair/)

## U-Line ice machines.

U-Line ice machine visits in a home bar start at the drain, since a slow line affects both the ice and the floor around it.

[U-Line ice machine repair](https://icemachinerepair.center/brands/u-line/)

More U-Line codes

[dr](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/u-line-dr/) [Er15](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/u-line-er15/) [Er16](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/u-line-er16/) [Er01](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/u-line-er01/) [Er03](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/u-line-er03/) [Er25](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/u-line-er25/) [ICE and NO WATER blinking](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/u-line-ice-no-water-blinking/) [ICE and DRAIN blinking](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/u-line-ice-drain-blinking/) [ICE lamp blinking 2 seconds on, 1 off](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/u-line-ice-lamp-slow-blink/) [ICE, NO WATER and DRAIN flicker in turn](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/u-line-clean-signal/)

Sensors and bin control on other makes

[Atosa E1](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/atosa-e1/) [Blue Air E6](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/blue-air-e6/) [Ice-O-Matic Error 2](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/ice-o-matic-error-2/) [Manitowoc E12](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/manitowoc-e12/) [Marvel OFF flashing](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/marvel-off-flashing/) [Maxx Ice Blinking exclamation mark](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/maxx-ice-exclamation-mark/) [Monogram Door alarm](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/monogram-door-alarm/) [Scotsman 5](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/scotsman-5/)

[All 22 codes of this kind](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/#family-sensor)

U-Line builds this

### 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.

U-Line builds this

### 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 U-Line's own words

> When the ice full temperature sensor in the storage bin is disconnected or shorted.

[U-Line URNP115 15-inch nugget ice machine user guide](https://www.u-line.com/userguide/pdf/index/sku/URNP115-IS01A/)

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 NO WATER and DRAIN blinking ice machine repair, where we come out.

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## Questions about NO WATER and DRAIN blinking.

### Can I clear NO WATER and DRAIN blinking myself?

Turn the machine off and look in the bin for a sensor lead that has been knocked loose by the scoop. If it comes back, it needs a visit.

### Can a U-Line nugget machine overfill its bin with this error?

With the sensor out of action it cannot sense a full bin, which is why it stops and shows this pattern.

### Is the bin sensor on a U-Line easy to damage?

It sits in the bin, where a scoop can catch it. Scoop carefully around it.

### How long does a sensor replacement take on a U-Line?

It is a small part; the visit time depends mostly on access once the machine is pulled out.

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