Viking Er03: the evaporator was still warm 10 minutes into icemaking
Er03 is the earlier check of the same evaporator temperature that Er01 watches at 30 minutes.
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- Ice machine compressor and sealed system repair
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What Er03
actually means.
Er03 is the earlier check of the same evaporator temperature that Er01 watches at 30 minutes. Viking's table gives both the same actions: a refrigerant leak check, a look at the sensor and its attachment, and a restart once cooling is restored.
Viking ice machine display · also shown as ICE lamp blinking, Evaporator temperature error
What to do when Er03 shows on the ice machineKind of codeCooling system
The board saw temperatures or pressures that the sealed system should never reach: a discharge line too hot, a suction side that never cools, or a compressor that starts and stops on its overload. A dirty condenser can push a healthy system into this family, so it is the first thing to rule out; a low charge, a leak or a tired compressor is not. On many current machines that system holds R-290, which is flammable, and only a technician opens it.
Usually leads toIce machine compressor and sealed system repair
The compressor, its start parts and the sealed system, including machines on flammable R-290, tested for pressure and leaks and repaired by the maker's procedure.
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 FNIU515D nugget ice machine Install / Use & Care manual
Viking FNIU515D nugget ice machine.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Viking's own guidance for Er03 on its ice machines. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Note how the Ice lamp blinks: a steady one-second blink with the mode switch on cleaning is the wash cycle, not Er03.
Clear the front grille and make sure the room is within the manual's range.
If the Ice lamp keeps blinking in normal icemaking, turn the machine off and book a visit.
Still there?
It usually turns into ice machine compressor and sealed system repair. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
A blinking Ice lamp alone has two harmless meanings on this model as well: the wash cycle and a full bin. Er03 is the one that appears during normal icemaking and does not clear as ice is removed.
What you may
notice with it.
The ice machine problems Er03 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the ice machine before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where Er03 usually leads
Ice machine compressor and sealed system 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
Cooling system on other makes
All 11 codes of this kind
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
passed during the ice making (Er03)
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Viking FNIU515D nugget ice machine.
Viking Er03 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 Er03.
Can I clear Er03 myself?
How do I tell Viking Er03 from a full bin?
Is Viking Er03 less serious than Er01?
Can I restart my Viking after Er03?
Back to your everyday
Still showing Er03?
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.