ReplyIf the machine is 2 months old and giving problems you should contact the contractor you purchased the machine and had the installation completed by and tell them you're having problems with your newly purchased ice machine.
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I have a two month old Manitowoc USE0050A (w/ condensate pump) and after making a bucket of ice, it will start constantly filling with water and pumping out. It repeats maybe a couple minute cycle over and over and over until I power off the machine and turn it back on. It then starts making ice like normal.
Upon turning the machine back on, the service light blinks 4 times but then goes on to start making ice as expected. Ideas?
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If the machine is 2 months old and giving problems you should contact the contractor you purchased the machine and had the installation completed by and tell them you're having problems with your newly purchased ice machine.
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Kinked drain? Install/Maintenance issue most likely.
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Talked to Manitowoc tech on the phone. The lights blinking indicates something with the condensate pump. He didn't like that it was draining into a p-trap and wanted an air gap. The drain pump works as I can hear water going into the p-trap when it is pumping. I can also see the water in the clear drain tube that ties into the p-trap. I might try draining into a bucket and see if it gets stuck on that cycle. I don't know of a good way to do an indirect drain under a sink if that does end up being the problem though.
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If you can see the water it might not be pumping fast enough like undersized, kinked somewhere inside or out or something caught in the pump.
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Reviving this thread. I'm the original poster. I updated the install to a gravity drain per Manitowoc's recommendation, but the issue hasn't gone away. I actually video taped this cycle happening twice, and if you watch at around 8:30 in the video, the service light blinks three times. Which makes me think that something might be up w/ the probes. But, its super confusing that the machine works 99% of the time and randomly gets stuck in this mode.
Anyway, here is the video. Would love any thoughts on what to try. Unfortunately, there isn't a nearby Manitowoc service center so I'm trying to see what I can fix/try.
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Sounds like a bad on off switch making and breaking causing it to repeat the beginning purge over and over.Originally Posted by bmrowe
Last edited by Gary Warren Jr; 08-20-2022 at 12:04 AM. Reason: Added to my explanation
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