--- title: "Whirlpool Clean light blinking: a descaling run is in progress or paused" description: "What Clean light blinking means on Whirlpool Clean light blinking: a descaling run is in progress or pauseds, what to check before booking, and when it is not a…" url: "https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-clean-light-blinking/" --- # Whirlpool Clean light blinking: a descaling run is in progress or paused Whirlpool uses the same button to start the cleaning run and to report on it. ## What Clean light blinking actually means. Whirlpool uses the same button to start the cleaning run and to report on it. While the machine circulates cleaner and rinses, the button blinks; when the run is finished the panel changes to Cleaning Complete. If the run was stopped partway, for example by a power interruption, the blinking simply continues until the run is picked up again. Whirlpool ice machine display · also shown as Clean, Cleaning Complete What to do when Clean light blinking shows on the ice machine ### Kind of code Mode, 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 to No repair Check the clock: a normal run lasts roughly 70 to 90 minutes, so wait that long before deciding anything is wrong. ### 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 Whirlpool Whirlpool ice machine visits start with the simple checks an owner can confirm, then move to the drain, the water valve and the cycle. ### Source Whirlpool Product Help: Cleaning Light Blinking - Freestanding Ice Maker Whirlpool 15-inch clear-ice machines (WUI75X15H series) with the Clean Cycle button, per Whirlpool's help article for freestanding ice makers. ## Before you book, in this order. Each step comes from Whirlpool's own guidance for Clean light blinking on its ice machines. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 Check the clock: a normal run lasts roughly 70 to 90 minutes, so wait that long before deciding anything is wrong. 02 If the button is still blinking well past that, press Clean to pick up the stopped run. 03 If that does not help, restart the machine by unplugging it or switching its breaker off from a dry panel, then press Clean so the run can finish. 04 Book a visit if the run never reaches Cleaning Complete after a restart. ### 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 blinking button is a progress signal, not the reminder that the machine is due for cleaning. It does not mean water or cleaner is leaking, although a loose drain cap on the pan can leave the run with nothing to circulate. ## What you may notice with it. The ice machine problems Clean light 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/) Problem ### Ice Machine Error Code or Flashing Light: What It Is Telling You 7 causes, cheapest first 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. [How to read what your ice machine is telling you](https://icemachinerepair.center/problems/ice-machine-error-code/) ## Whirlpool ice machines. Whirlpool ice machine visits start with the simple checks an owner can confirm, then move to the drain, the water valve and the cycle. 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[Whirlpool Product Help: Cleaning Light Blinking - Freestanding Ice Maker](https://producthelp.whirlpool.com/Refrigeration/Ice_Makers/Blinking_Lights/Cleaning_Light_Blinking_-_Freestanding_Ice_Maker) [Whirlpool Product Help: Cleaning Light Blinking - Freestanding Ice Maker](https://producthelp.whirlpool.com/Refrigeration/Ice_Makers/Blinking_Lights/Cleaning_Light_Blinking_-_Freestanding_Ice_Maker) Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Whirlpool 15-inch clear-ice machines (WUI75X15H series) with the Clean Cycle button, per Whirlpool's help article for freestanding ice makers. ## Whirlpool Clean light 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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Check the clock: a normal run lasts roughly 70 to 90 minutes, so wait that long before deciding anything is wrong. ### Can I stop a Whirlpool ice machine cleaning run halfway? The machine will remember it: the Clean button keeps blinking until you press it again to resume. Letting the run finish is the safest way to get the cleaner out of the system. ### How do I know the Whirlpool cleaning run has finished? The panel shows Cleaning Complete. Until then the Clean button blinks. ### The Whirlpool Clean button blinked all night. Is the pump dead? Not necessarily; first restart the machine and press Clean. If the run still never finishes, book a visit so the circulating pump and control can be tested. --- **[Read on the site: Whirlpool Clean light blinking: a descaling run is in progress or paused](https://icemachinerepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-clean-light-blinking/)** **[Book a visit with IceMachineRepair.center](https://icemachinerepair.center/schedule/)**