Manitowoc Ice Machine Not Making Ice
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 14. 01. 2020
- Manitowoc ice machine not making ice, the machine has several other problems that I find. Keypad, breaker and water panel all are defective.
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I have a 25 year old Servend cuber that I rescued from the Trash from a diamond shamrock here in CO that has been reliably making ice for camping in the summer for 20 years for me. I was 18 when I rescued it. I cut my teeth on that ice machine, now I work on all of them, simple devices but they like attention. You are correct in saying that just dong the PM's and cleaning will teach you everything you need to know.
Thanks JasonđđMy first 2 years was furnace and AC PMs. 7 per day, đ€Šââïž
I like this guy over the hvacr video guy because this dude I can relate to when he runs calls the other guy on CZcams just seems like he spends 6hrs at everycall trying to fix every last unit on the building and it gives guys a false hope about how much time they get to spend at one call, myself like most guys have so many calls to get to we have to figure it out get it running temporarily and come back and do a more in depth look if not the boss is calling you asking whatâs taking so long because heâs got customers calling because weâre past the time frame we gave them.
I'm not the quickest but I got to watch my clock just like everybody else. Thanks for the feedback đđđ€đ€
Manitowoc touch pads are notorious for failing. Lost count of how many I have replaced under warranty. Also customers tend to get them wet . I did see that unit is Installed next to a sink . Very common . Good video đ
board busterz repairs the manitowoc control boards. Takes us 1 day and it's a much cheaper option. Keep us in mind!
I liked your explanation of the D T of the temps in relation to the curtain being off and the cover off, and what the machine is thinking... Very good.
Thank you, I try to make it simple to follow without alot of extra BS
Every video I watch of yours I learn something, great stuff Rick!
Ryan you're silly, I don't know a frog from a stick in the mud. đ
Residential ac tech here. I want to jump up to ice machines. Thank you for the video
I have a few videos on ice and Chris at hvacr videos has a crap load too.
Great video, lots of good information. Agreed Iâve learned a lot from doing regular maintenance/cleanings. Reading service manuals helped me (and still does) understand how they operate big time, tons of info in the manuals
Thanks Jacob, sometimes like now, I don't get notified of new comments (3 months ago) Thanks 4 watching đđ
A million thanks. Just learning these machines and this video is exceptionally helpful for the 101 with a brain.
That's what I love to hear, thanks for letting me knowđđ
Great video, I really appreciate you doing these videos. Going to start working on ice makers again, its been awhile and this is good to see. Keep up the great work.
Thanks man, thanks so much for letting me know. đđ
Nice video! Your thorough explanation showcase your deep knowledge but also provide valuable insights for anyone facing similar issues. Keep it up the fantastic workđ
Thank you for taking the time to watch and leave me some feedbackđđđ€đ€
That was very helpful. I'm new to ice machines and like you when you started I just know the basics. That was a great tip and I'll be sure to get on maintenances more often once fires die down here in bay area
That is what I love to hear! Thanks for watching them!
Yep,Enjoyed it.
This is great info, great video thanks for recording
Very good video! The ONLY problem I have with anything that you said was in relation to the cleanliness of the condenser. You can't tell just by looking how clean a condenser is. I supervised a 50 man shop and one of the most common causes of a HPCO was a dirty condenser that the mechanic said "looked" clean!
Its been a almost a year ago so I cant say for certain but when I looked under the coil, I was looking for light through the coil but your correct, I normally try to wash out my condenser weather it needs it or not. No water near by at this location. Thanks for the feedback!
Excellent video
I love the indigo , there isnât much guessing
Went to a Manitowoc factory training certification yesterday..7 hours.
Learned more in the past 11 minutes.
One exception: they gave us new USB drives with updated firmware that increases the harvest time limit up to 7 minutes before it locks out.
Yea, I need to download the new firmware for the newest touch control machine, currently if you start a clean cycle you can't restart the machine for 30 minutes. Total BS.
Great info Rick
Thanks HVAC 1!!
Nice find and quick for fix
Thanks 4 checking it out.
Great Video Rick- Ive heard of sulfur water- had a tech tell me a cooler at a dairy farm that he serviced always had leaking evap and condenser coils, it was caused by that sulfur water stuff
Yes it's one of those things people on public water haven't heard of. I would think cetin parts of the country it might be more or less common. It's a real pain for some one that has it because of the damage it can do to electrical connections, refrigeration, and other items in the home. I believe it has a lot to do with how much oil you have underground, my area of Ohio has a lot of oil that was drilled for back in the early 1900's but its the " harder" to produce oil. (I'm not a oil expert)
Great job and video like always
Thanks Donnie đđ glad you liked it đ€đ€
hi there neat to watch just started mine up john
Good vid Rick ...
Thanks Eddy!
I was a bit shocked at how little most facilities clean their ice machines. Most manufacturers make them pretty simple to clean. I know Manitowoc makes a cleaner and a sanitizer solution for theirs and there are just a few pieces to remove to clean but nobody does it.
BINGO!!! it's ridiculous đ€Šââïž
Great info
Thanks for checking it out and commenting đđ
Good to see you had an extra key pad. I carry a Carrier Marquee in my truck. The buttons donât work very good but it gets me through for diagnosing. Like on most equipment with key pads if they donât work itâs like a bad marriage, no communication. Without communication youâre just shooting in the dark. Iâve just started a CZcams sight myself. Go check it out. ACtech Formally yo mama. No one took me serious when I was yo mama lol.
I did when curious recommended you on his Facebook page. Try shooting horizontal vs vertical, it looks a lot better. Keep up the good work, it's a slow process to build your channel and the critics can make you think twice about making them but it can be rewarding hearing from those that enjoy your videosđđ
Iâm new to this so any help on making the videos is appreciated. Thanks
@@actechformallyyomama746 there are several good books and CZcams channels on this subject. Mainly what every one of them have said is just be yourself. Be sincere about what you're saying Because people see right through it otherwise. The other big thing they always say it's just get started and figure it out as you go. I'll send you a pictures of the book that I was given and the rest basically just search around CZcams on how to become a successful CZcamsr. Constant videos at consistent times helps.
so touching for an excellent video
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Good vid. sometime new parts will fail just like the old part, so i try to make it better if quick and easy. on that one the Water curtain - i Would just ruff up both mating surfaces on trim piece and put a layer of ge silicone 2 clear between curtain and trim piece and then secure with the 4 screws. Then when u return with the new parts breaker , key pad , u can remove the 4 screws. it may last longer than a New part bound to fail the same way again unless they reengineered the replacement part.
We lease the machine to these people, I had one time where that Shield got tore off and it got thrown away. I had to use one of their chopping blocks to keep it working until I got a new one. LOL You definitely make a good point.đđ
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Thanks for posting.
On the learning through maintenance - I can not agree more.
If there's no proper/extensive documentation for diagnosis and repair, this is a technicians obligation to himself to record basic currents/pressures/temperatures during normal operation.
I could not agree more đđ
Hello, really liked your video, I worked really briefly on ice machines in school. Could you do a general video on how to do maintenance on an ice machine?
Yea I can do that. What brand are you working on?
@@HVACRSurvival oshizaki and manitowoc
Thanks for making these videos Rick. How's that veto tool bag? I was looking on getting that one. I have the mb1 and mb2 currently using the mb2 as my main but its getting crowded.
It's nice, it seams kinda heavy
However it's as easy to get to my tools as my TP4B but has more protection from rain n snow. I'll be doing a video on it after I have used it some more so I give it a fair review.
Very helpfull
Thank you for checking it out! Subscribe, I have other videos of ice machines and a lot more equipment
I have model 10264 and no ice but water running good and display ok no error but still not making ice . Any help
get them screws out of there ASAP. No telling where the last ones went. Hopefully down the drain
Great timing on a ice machine. Very useful information I wasn't aware of ( 7degree split ) and other refrigeration issues. You mentioned of an air compressor? Is that to assist in harvest? I have read but not seen machines with this feature. One other question, with those big curtains hanging over the grid, how do you inspect the ice pattern? Thanks for sharing.
Some machines use a solenoid to push the ice off the plate, Manitowoc uses a little vibrating air compressor to create slight pressure behind the ice to help it fall off faster.
the curtain can lift up and out I just couldn't do it with one hand on the video before it would go into Harvest so I didn't do it.
Thanks man, Nice video, very informative. I didn't know about the touchpad replacement, do you have a part number because I have a controller where the power and wash buttons don't work.
I'll let you know what the number is when I get the part.
I got all the trouble shoot tips on your Vedio and it helps a lot thanks but i have another one possible you can help me.
It look like alarm that it blink on monitor
Hey just found your channel, thank you for the video but I'm having a different problem right now. My manitwoc ice machine is making huge ice cubes and there not easy to break too.It also signaling a triangle with a upward arrow which I'm not sure what that means. Do you happen to know or can give me any info how I can fix this? Thank you!
Call hvac service tech, save yourself time and headache
đđI have several Ice Machine videos. This one is the most popular but not the most comprehensive. Check those ones outâïž
What would cause the display to be stuck in on/off mode? None of the buttons work. We've unplugged the display, unplugged the machine. Cleaned the filter. What else can we do? Aldo, can we make ice without display ot is there a bypass to get the display to start working?
I made a video of replacing the keypad.
So low on charge is thermistor detected by old school superheat method: DT between evaporator inlet & outlet (Jim Pettinato style) đ€
The thermistors are just to help you diagnose it, they don't shut anything down, regulate, they just monitor operation.
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hello can u help me... i have a machine manitowoc need change compressor but not available in our place... its model is R92J343ABCA BRISTOL ... CAN I CHANGE IT TO TECUMSEH ... MAY I ASK WHAT MODEL...
I don't have any great way of looking it up, I would ask my supply house where are we purchase our compressors to do that. (That's their job). Or I would speak with the manufacturer and ask what they recommend because Bristol's out of business. This sounds like a pretty old machine. Sorry I'm Not more help.
great video have u ever seen the plate steaming do u tink its the hot gas valve is stuck
Haven't seen it steaming, I've have one stick in the past but it wasn't on this one.
@@HVACRSurvival thank you for the reply
Anybody know about the NEO? (The small undercounter one)? Its not making ice for me
Probably dirty. Clean it and retry it. If that doesn't work you'll likely need to call for service.
I like to watch your CZcams
Thank you!
Hi bro
Is that Romex wiring for the condenser? Not even a proper whip? :/
Welcome to the country life. I didn't install it, I'm just repairing it.
do you really carry a spare controller in the truck? And replace parts of the controller rather than the controller as a unit? If your guess is wrong about the controller its gonna be expensive to correct.
The control I have on my truck was off a system we retired, it didn't cost me anything. I'm not sure if I'm following you on the next comment about its going to be expensive? A keypad is going to be cheap vs the whole controller? If I'm wrong then I'll order the control board. Otherwise I'm replacing more than what's needed running up a bill?
HVACR Survival I understand, but now days, our labor is whatâs expensive, if you have to return again to fix it, and whenever you have to return, especially more than once, the customer thinksâ this guy donât know what heâs doing, although your intentions are honorable, and trying to save them money, no good deed goes unpunished. For this reason I carry a Turbo 200 although they are expensive, you donât have to come back, and always have the right cap, and no stock sitting idle bouncing around the truck.
I understand what your saying now, yes I agree with you, this ice machine is under warranty and a leased machine in addition to that, only replacing the keypad is how the factory has choosen to authorize the repair the least few times so that's a lot of the reason why I had done it this way. If the item is out of warranty and depending on the scope of the job I will replace most items that could cause future failures at the same time as your mentioning, It's all dependent on a job by job bases đđ
@@HVACRSurvival oh, well if you have to deal with warranty issues, thats a whole different ball game, retail sucks. They want prices on everything.
Do the resturant ever clean out their machines?
Generally the stores don't have in house maintenance. All the machines we lease we take care of the maintenance every 6 months. Some have uv bulbs to help keep them clean.
Good afternoon do you have an email that i can ask you some ? on these ice maker please
hvacrsurvival@gmail.com
Every time I see an ice machine, it is nasty as all get out. Even in the most high maintained business, that have ice machines. Why? Even where I've work. Tell them I'll wash it out. They say nope the excuse is it'll screww it up and cost too much to get repaired ???? But making people sick is okay????
I take care of some hospitals that have me do it every 3 months. That is really about when they should be maintained. Standard is usually six months. The more yeast (from bread and doug) in the air you have, the more problems with nasty looking machines you will have.
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Hi do you reply i think i need a consultation
I reply in but I'm in Ohio.
nothing worse than bad dates and times... Pretty sure every other issue is more important
Must be new to diagnostics... I'm pretty sure knowing what code happened last without having to calculate the date and time kind of helps speed up the process if the machine works fine while there. Thanks for watching!
Great video you do best that why everyone wants you
An engineer dies and arrives at the Pearly Gates.
St. Peter looks and looks but cannot find his name in the book, so tells him he must go to the other place. When he arrives Lucifer is giving him the grand tour. The engineer tells him that all this heat will not do and he knows how to fix it. First he builds an icemaker so they can have cold drinks. Then he builds an A/C system to bring the ambient air temperature down to comfortable levels. Meanwhile God notices what's going on and decides to do something about it. He tells Lucifer that there was a clerical error and the engineer is supposed to be in Heaven. Lucifer tells God that they like this new guy and they are going to keep him. God tells Lucifer that he will sue to get him back. Lucifer starts laughing and God asks him, "What's so funny?". Lucifer replies, "Where are you going to get a lawyer?".
I have barely any water spraying
Clean the machine by taking it apart, the cleaner is not a technician in a bottle.
@@HVACRSurvival cleaned pretty good like I have for last 10 years. This time I think the water pump is going bad because it cannot push he water up there by the evaporator. I see it sucking the water, but hardly any from the top. And it's clean from inside. No obstruction
Move the fkn curtain the machine always starts up in a harvest cycle.... Lol
Not my first machine đ€Ł. Rewatch The video. I didn't say it was in a harvest, the problem was it wasn't running the compressor while it said it was making ice. When it's in a harvest it doesn't tell you it's making ice.đ
How long did it freeze before going into harvest?
Safe mode is either ice thickness sensor or water level sensor. Take your manual and test the frequency on the screen
@Hector Hernandez check the water sensor freq by tapping it, it should reach in the high thousands. That board should have a minimum freeze time prior to harvest, it almost sounds like the board is defective. Make sure the curtain switch is staying closed.
@Hector Hernandez I haven't seen that before
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hello I want to do screen repair
Are you referring to the keypad screen? I have replaced just the keys and made a video of it but we don't fix the controller.
@@HVACRSurvival thankyou
Thank Goodness I don't work on ice machines !
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