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12/1/94
Rev 3/4/96
Trouble Probable Cause Remedy
ICE WEIGHT LIGHT AT TOP
OF PLATE AND HEAVY AT
THE BOTTOM
A. Float stuck open. A. Replace the float valve.
NOTE: REVIEW DRAWING
ON PAGE 19 OF THIS
MANUAL FOR NORMAL ICE
SLAB.
B. Flow control washer missing
from the float or installed
upside-down (numbers must
be facing up).
B. Replace or re-install as needed.
C. Water flow rate over the
evaporator too fast.
C. Check position of distribution tube
(inner & outer).
D. Water leaking around curtain
and pan; curtain frozen in the
ice.
D. Correct.
E. Expansion valve flooding. E. Tighten and seal bulb. Replace
TXV if required.
F. Condenser air re-circulating. F. Install baffle.
G. Low charge. G. Leak check, evacuate & recharge.
H. Hot gas solenoid valve leaking. H. Replace.
I. Evaporator wall gasket torn or
missing, allowing condenser
air to reach top of evaporator.
I. Replace.
SOFT WHITE ICE OR WATER
PUMP NOT PUMPING
A. Distribution tube or water
system scaled.
A. Clean distribution system as
required.
B. Water temperature too cold. B. 50_F (10_C) minimum.
C. Inadequate water system;
water pressure too low (below
20 PSI).
C. Correct.
D. Inadequate water system; float
plugged or damaged.
D. Replace.
E. Distributor tubes – old style E. Replace with new style, 47 hole,
distributor tube. High flow tubes
require new style water curtains to
contain water.