Viking Time to Clean light: the older 5 Series ice machine needs descaling
The light turns on after 6 months of use and stays on until the cleaning process is carried out.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Mode, not a failure
- No repair needed
- Source: Viking
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What Time to Clean
actually means.
The light turns on after 6 months of use and stays on until the cleaning process is carried out. During cleaning it blinks, then glows steady while the cleaner is flushed, and goes out when the process ends.
Viking ice machine display · also shown as Time to Clean light
What to do when Time to Clean 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
Buy the ice machine scale remover the manual names before starting.
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 5 Series FGIM5151 / FPIM5151 ice machine Use & Care manual
Older Viking 5 Series machines: FGIM5151 / FPIM5151 clear ice and FGNI515 / FPNI515 nugget.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Viking's own guidance for Time to Clean on its ice machines. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Buy the ice machine scale remover the manual names before starting.
Follow the 5 Series cleaning steps, including the hold of Clean-Reset and On/Off for 5 seconds.
If the light stays on after a complete cleaning, 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
Time to Clean does not stop the machine by itself. If the machine has also stopped making ice, check the Check Water light and the supply before blaming scale.
What you may
notice with it.
The ice machine problems Time to Clean 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
Note: The Time to Clean light will switch ON after 6 months of use.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Older Viking 5 Series machines: FGIM5151 / FPIM5151 clear ice and FGNI515 / FPNI515 nugget.
Viking Time to Clean 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.
All service areasTampa BayFL · 31 areas
Miami / South FloridaFL · 47 areas
New York MetroNY · 75 areas
HoustonTX · 36 areas
ChicagoIL · 50 areas
Los AngelesCA · 95 areas
San DiegoCA · 31 areas
Questions
about Time to Clean.
Can I clear Time to Clean myself?
How do I turn off the Time to Clean light on my older Viking?
Why is the Viking Time to Clean light blinking?
Does the older Viking nugget model use the same Time to Clean light?
Back to your everyday
Still showing Time to Clean?
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.