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You're right on the money. Freeze time can be between 12-16 minutes depending on water and ambient temp.

dlz, the evaporator side of the cube...i talked with the factory about it and they said it was a bubble cause by the water flow..

the one thing about this system is the blue paste that is in the water manifold..i was at this machine 3 months ago for a well needed cleaning
today it looked like it hasn't been cleaned since new(09)..the bridge isn't over limit..i don't know what the customer was talking about.

yes the time was 14 minutes if i helped the ice off.

If you have a curved cube side, I would say your harvest is affected. Bad harvest solenoid, hot gas valve, scaled up evap,etc.

When you say the "back side", do you mean the cube side or the bridge side? A thick, curved bridge can be unit out of level but if it worked fine until recently, what happened, did someone move it? It can also be that the water inlet is leaking past and causing a thick bridge. Did you time the cycle? Freeze time on that should be about 12 min.

lyting it was level, and the evap is made so its on a down hill anyway..

cooljim, I've seen that on manotowacs..this one is in good shape..

Originally Posted by COOLJIM

just had a harvest fault, ice would not fall away from the plate . Found out it needs a new evap, as one of the horizontal bars has seperated from the evap plate , ice forms behind this loose bar and hangs on just will not release clean , a long harvest will give you a curve as the rear melts out , but the sheet is held in place by the seperated bar .

I have had this also.

just had a harvest fault, ice would not fall away from the plate . Found out it needs a new evap, as one of the horizontal bars has seperated from the evap plate , ice forms behind this loose bar and hangs on just will not release clean , a long harvest will give you a curve as the rear melts out , but the sheet is held in place by the seperated bar .

Or the machine isn't level.

Originally Posted by primmers

its in a wash room right next to the outside door...one other thing, the ice is not formed on the back side the ice is "curved" on the back
side..the factory said this was caused by the way the water falls across the evap. the vent holes are open..

its in a wash room right next to the outside door...one other thing, the ice is not formed on the back side the ice is "curved" on the back
side..the factory said this was caused by the way the water falls across the evap. the vent holes are open..

The ice thickness sensor says ice is thick enough and the water level sensor says the water is gone so it goes into harvest. Where is the machine located?

wow just learned that if the ice doesn't trip the door on time, it takes 20 minutes for the machine to restart its self...20 MINUTES !

3 minute harvest machine shut off 20 seconds later ice drops then machine flashes a #2 "retrying harvest"..

so far I've seen the ice not want to fall away from the evaporator, even with the assist...machine times out, i fount the water manifold covered with a blue paste kinda like when you make a baking soda paste...i cleaned that all out (machine was cleaned 3 months ago)..waiting

I'm in front of a 530 right now, customes says sits making thick ice....but i don't see it so far?? no alarms.

what tells it to go into harvest? the online manual doesn't have a running sequence..

Prodigy

Originally Posted by jdwendling

Hows everyone getting along with the new Prodigy. Are they an improvement over the CME?? Maybe in efficiency. I am having many problems with them.

Bin switches & harvest assist solenoids have been my biggest issues.

But get it real clean first and see what happens.

Had some trouble with water floats.

But not eyes to fog up & give you trouble.

Biggest thing with all ice machines, keep it clean.

HTH

Just diagnosed a faulty Board in a C1848 today.

I've only worked on 3 so far I can remember and 2 were issues with the curtain switch.

have a prodigy C2148 on my route with no major issues but PM . should I be watching out for something?

Scotsman Prodigy

Hows everyone getting along with the new Prodigy. Are they an improvement over the CME?? Maybe in efficiency. I am having many problems with them.