any plumbers here??

[james264]

Got a customer with a Manitowoc ice machine at various times of the day won't make ice. Found water inlet sometimes goes up to 85 degrees customer has had 2 plumbers out both scratching there heads its an old crap building is there any tips I can pass on to these guys to make finding this easier they can't seem to find where the hot is bleeding back at .Also any temp. fix so this guy can get ice again no other nearby water source ? temp run water through 50 ft line set to cool water first etc??Thanks

[rayr]

Check for a dishwasher back feeding into system. Frequent occurance. Install check valve on cold water line by dishwasher. And I am not a plumber, but I know Ice Machines.

[james264]

Thanks for the info. I should have gave more building info. it's a multi story bldg. some offices downstairs some slop sinks on my customers floor no dishwashers only thing they could find was a coffee maker piped in .

[markettech]

Sh!t rolls down hill, boss is an a-hole, payday is on Friday. Isn't that all you need to know to be a plumber?:D


Ray gave good advice in my opinion...........................for whatever thats worth:rolleyes:

[james264]

Ha Ha Ha !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ralphtheplumber]

Anything with a mixing valve is a potential suspect. You might check those slop sinks to see if somebody's got a hose hooked up to one.

If the piping is reasonably accessible, disconnect your icemaker and just run the water for a little while.. It shouldn't be that big a deal to figure out which pipe is getting hot and follow it back to the source.

[icemeister]

Sh!t rolls down hill, boss is an a-hole, payday is on Friday. Isn't that all you need to know to be a plumber?:D

Also:
Hot to the left, cold to the right and don't bite your fingernails.;)

[juneair]

look for a spray handle on the sinks. That is usually the problem with sporatic warm water inlets.

[james264]

Thanks for the help and the laughs they finally found a mystery slop sink that nobody knew about including the maint. man .After taking out every ceiling tile in the building the sink had some sort of sanitizing rig hooked to the sink and someone left the hot and cold water turned on .Well they got one hell of a plumbers bill $985.00 .Thanks