Manitowoc Ice Machine won’t Turn On
Model# ID0606A-261
Technician Notes:
Customer stated that his Manitowoc ice machine won’t turn on. I found the ice machine unplugged and water valve at the wall was shut closed. I restored power and water to test operation. Turned unit back on and found unit operating in freeze mode. After a about a minute unit the shut off. After a second attempt I found the unit’s condenser fan motor was not running. I turned off ice machine and placed my stubby gauges on high side of the system. Restarted the unit and noticed the head pressure went up rapidly then shut off.
I manually spun fan blade on the motor and found it difficult to turn indicating that the bearings were seizing up. Removed the fan blade and motor, then replaced motor with new. Turned the unit back on and it stayed in freeze mode with pressures running normally. I also noticed the water pressure during “water fill” was slower than normal. I determined the water filter was somewhat clogged and decided to replace. I turned the water valve on wall off and removed the water filter. Water would not stop pouring through water filter head even after several attempts to tighten wall shut off valve. Told the customer that a plumber would be needed to replaced the shut off valve. Replacing the water filter would have to wait until that repair was done. Pulled off the condenser filter and rinsed out. Also cleaned condenser coil with cleaner and water while using wet vacuum to catch the drippings. Tested the operation and timed the cycles. Each cycle was normal, at approximately 17 minutes per cycle. Checked the ice pattern on the evaporator and it appeared to be normal. Recommend getting ice machine cleaned every third month and plumber to repair the wall water supply valve. I asked the customer to call us back once the plumber had completed the repair, so we could replace the Everpure I2000 water filter cartridge.
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Common Water Filters Replaced