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Article: Trouble shooting ice machines. (includes related article about questioning ice machine owners)
- Article from:
- Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News
- Article date:
- June 28, 1993
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1993 BNP Media. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Ice machines, like any other equipment, occasionally malfunction.
This article covers general troubleshooting information for basic failures common to ice machines, and identifies some particular areas of service.
Ice Machines
There are two major differences between troubleshooting an ice machine, and troubleshooting most refrigeration equipment.
First, since different models use different sequences to make ice, the technician must understand the sequence for the particular machine requiring service.
To understand what caused the failure, the technician must first know what the machine should be doing at each step in the ...