--- title: "Viking No Water and Drain lamps blinking: the bin-full sensor circuit is open or shorted" description: "What NO WATER and DRAIN lamps blinking means on Viking No Water and Drain lamps blinking: the bin-full sensor circuit is open or shorteds, what to check before…" url: "https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/viking-ice-full-sensor-error/" --- # Viking No Water and Drain lamps blinking: the bin-full sensor circuit is open or shorted The bin sensor is a temperature sensor that feels the ice piling against it. ## What NO WATER and DRAIN lamps blinking actually means. The bin sensor is a temperature sensor that feels the ice piling against it. If the control reads an open or shorted circuit, it cannot tell whether the bin is full, so it stops and blinks these two lamps; Viking's remedy is a sensor repair followed by a restart. Viking ice machine display · also shown as Ice full sensor error What to do when NO WATER and DRAIN lamps 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 Viking A Viking ice machine call covers the panel-ready install, the drain and the water side before the cooling system is looked at. ### Source Viking 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 NO WATER and DRAIN lamps blinking on its ice machines. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 Look inside the bin for anything pressing on or pulling at the sensor or its wire, such as the scoop or a clump of ice. 02 Turn the machine off and on once. 03 If the two lamps blink again, 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 This is not a water supply or drain problem, even though those two lamps are the ones that blink. A single blinking No Water lamp is Er15 and a single blinking Drain lamp is Er16. ## What you may notice with it. The ice machine problems NO WATER and DRAIN lamps 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 Machine Running but Not Making Ice**](https://icemachinerepair.center/problems/ice-machine-not-making-ice/) - [**Ice Bin Full but the Ice Machine Keeps Making Ice**](https://icemachinerepair.center/problems/ice-machine-bin-full-but-still-making-ice/) Problem ### Ice Machine Error Code or Flashing Light: What It Is Telling You 7 causes, cheapest first Where NO WATER and DRAIN lamps 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/) ## 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 repair](https://icemachinerepair.center/brands/viking/) More Viking codes [Er15](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/viking-er15/) [Er16](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/viking-er16/) [Er01](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/viking-er01/) [Er03](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/viking-er03/) [Er25](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/viking-er25/) [ICE and NO WATER lamps blinking](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/viking-evaporator-sensor-error/) [ICE and DRAIN lamps blinking](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/viking-air-temperature-sensor-error/) [Lamps flicker twice in sequence](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/viking-cleaning-signal/) [ICE lamp blinking (2 seconds on, 1 off)](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/viking-ice-lamp-blinking/) [CL](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/viking-cl/) [Blank display (no icons)](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/viking-blank-display-drain-high-limit/) [°F / °C symbol flashing](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/viking-showroom-mode/) [All 15 Viking codes](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/#codes-viking) 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) Viking 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. Viking 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 Viking's own words > When the ice full temperature sensor in the storage bin is disconnected or shorted [Viking FNIU515D nugget ice machine Install / Use & Care manual](https://middleby-cdn.com/installations_instructions/FNIU515D%20Viking%20Owner's%20Guide%20Rev%20C.pdf) [Viking FNIU515D nugget ice machine Install / Use & Care manual](https://middleby-cdn.com/installations_instructions/FNIU515D%20Viking%20Owner's%20Guide%20Rev%20C.pdf) 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 NO WATER and DRAIN lamps blinking 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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Look inside the bin for anything pressing on or pulling at the sensor or its wire, such as the scoop or a clump of ice. If it comes back, it needs a visit. ### Why would my Viking blink No Water and Drain when the water is fine? Together, those two lamps report the bin sensor, not the water. The sensor or its wiring reads open or shorted. ### Can a Viking with a bad bin sensor overfill the bin? The machine stops when it sees this condition. If yours keeps making ice into a full bin without any lamps, that is a different sensor problem worth a visit. ### Is the Viking bin sensor something I can replace myself? Viking's remedy is a sensor part repair; since it involves wiring inside the machine, book a visit. --- **[Read on the site: Viking No Water and Drain lamps blinking: the bin-full sensor circuit is open or shorted](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/viking-ice-full-sensor-error/)** **[Book a visit with IceMachineRepair.center](https://icemachinerepair.center/schedule/)**