Viking °F/°C flashing: the clear-ice machine is in showroom mode and will not cool
Showroom mode lets a dealer light the machine without running it.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Mode, not a failure
- No repair needed
- Source: Viking
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What °F / °C symbol flashing
actually means.
Showroom mode lets a dealer light the machine without running it. The display and interior light behave normally, but the cooling never starts, so no ice is made; the same button command turns it back off.
Viking ice machine display · also shown as ºF / ºC flashing, Showroom Mode
What to do when °F / °C symbol flashing 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
Repeat the showroom command from the manual's control guide to return to normal operation.
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 display control.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Viking's own guidance for °F / °C symbol flashing on its ice machines. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Repeat the showroom command from the manual's control guide to return to normal operation.
Give the machine up to a day to refill the bin once it is running normally.
If the symbol keeps flashing after the command, 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
The flashing symbol is not a temperature alarm, and nothing has failed. It is also different from a brief flash of the symbol after changing the interior light setting.
What you may
notice with it.
The ice machine problems °F / °C symbol flashing 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
The ºF / ºC symbol will flash. Display will be lit and interior light will function. Unit will not cool.
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 display control.
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Questions
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Back to your everyday
Still showing °F / °C symbol flashing?
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.