Viking blank display: the drain pump safety has cut power to the ice machine
On drain-pump models, a restriction in the drain lets the pump reservoir overfill, and a safety switch removes power from the machine to prevent flooding.
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What Blank display (no icons)
actually means.
On drain-pump models, a restriction in the drain lets the pump reservoir overfill, and a safety switch removes power from the machine to prevent flooding. Power returns by itself once the level falls; the machine then chimes, runs a self-test and shows OFF.
Viking ice machine display · also shown as Power interruption, Drain pump high-limit
What to do when Blank display (no icons) 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.
MakeViking
A Viking ice machine call covers the panel-ready install, the drain and the water side before the cooling system is looked at.
SourceViking FIUI5152D professional undercounter ice machine Install / Use & Care manual
Viking FIUI5152D and FIUI5152DADA clear-ice machines with the built-in drain pump.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Viking's own guidance for Blank display (no icons) on its ice machines. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Check the floor around the machine first; if water is spreading toward an outlet, stay clear, switch the breaker off from a dry panel and close the water supply valve.
With the area dry, check the drain line for kinks, make sure it ends in an open drain and that the vent tube on the back is open.
Wait a few minutes for the pump to empty; if the display stays blank with a clear drain, book a visit.
Still there?
It usually turns into ice machine drain and pump repair. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
A blank display is not always a dead control board on these machines. It is also not Sabbath mode, which darkens the display but keeps the machine running and can be undone with the power icon.
What you may
notice with it.
The ice machine problems Blank display (no icons) tends to arrive with. Answer these at the ice machine before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where Blank display (no icons) usually leads
Ice machine drain and pump repair.
Viking
ice machines.
A Viking ice machine call covers the panel-ready install, the drain and the water side before the cooling system is looked at.
Viking ice machine repairMore Viking codes
Drain and pump 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 Viking's own words
Power interruption can be detected when no icons are visible in the display area of the user interface
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Viking FIUI5152D and FIUI5152DADA clear-ice machines with the built-in drain pump.
Viking Blank display (no icons) 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 Blank display (no icons).
Can I clear Blank display (no icons) myself?
My Viking ice machine went dark and came back on with a chime. What happened?
How do I test the drain on a Viking clear-ice machine?
What causes the Viking drain pump safety to trip?
Back to your everyday
Still showing Blank display (no icons)?
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.