Viking Ice lamp blinking slowly: the nugget ice machine bin is full
The ice-full sensor in the bin pauses production when ice reaches it, and the Ice lamp shows this with a slow on-off rhythm.
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- Mode, not a failure
- No repair needed
- Source: Viking
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What ICE lamp blinking (2 seconds on, 1 off)
actually means.
The ice-full sensor in the bin pauses production when ice reaches it, and the Ice lamp shows this with a slow on-off rhythm. When ice is used and the sensor warms, the lamp goes back to steady and the machine restarts; a faster blink, once a second, means the wash cycle is running instead.
Viking ice machine display · also shown as Ice Full, Washing
What to do when ICE lamp blinking (2 seconds on, 1 off) shows on the ice machineKind of codeMode, not a failure
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.
Usually leads toNo repair
Use or remove some ice; the machine restarts on its own once the sensor warms.
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 ICE lamp blinking (2 seconds on, 1 off) on its ice machines. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Use or remove some ice; the machine restarts on its own once the sensor warms.
If the bin is not full, check that no clump of ice or the scoop is resting against the sensor.
If the lamp keeps this rhythm with an empty bin, book a visit.
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
A full-bin blink is not Er03, which also blinks the Ice lamp but during normal icemaking with room in the bin. It is not a drain or water problem.
What you may
notice with it.
The ice machine problems ICE lamp blinking (2 seconds on, 1 off) 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.
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
Mode, not a failure 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
When the storage bin is full of ice (Ice Lamp on every 2 seconds, turns off for 1 second repeatedly)
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.
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Questions
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Still showing ICE lamp blinking (2 seconds on, 1 off)?
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.