Thank you, repairing an ice machine has been bothering me for the past few days, after I saw you adjust the water valve, I did the same with you, all the pressure is very good. Harvest is also normal.
Good content. I got a crash course on water cooled ice machines. Learned a lot about how they work and ended up with a cleaning and replacing the water valve because it leaked. This was also a harvest issue.
Having the same issues with a manitowoc u140a under counter harvesting is taking long and the safety 2 is flashing on the board I cleaned the ice machine it did make ice but harvest time was still long
Great info! One question, what would you have done if this was an air cooled machine? Would you have added refrigerant to increase those pressures? Keep the videos coming wr all benefit from them. Thanks again.
If I had low head the issue could be a low charge, a restriction (potentially the TXV) or an inefficient compressor. Would need to see the suction pressure to make a more accurate assessment
Got one 100 psi suction , 200 high side , had bad water level probe machine had been running without water compressor cool to touch and liquid line not hot ? Compressor??
Do you think there's a chance you may have just been slightly low on refrigerant? Because you were low on both sides.... And when you adjusted the valve your pressures did change... I'm just wondering if you didn't have enough refrigerant. It ran a long time before on that old valve and it was set at that pressure before for all those years... But I have seen those valves go bad especially when the units off and water still running down the drain
At first I was thinking low charge but my suction pressure was really good and my sheet of ice was even right across so I didn’t go that route. When I got there, the unit was off and there was water going down the drain so that also pointed me in the direction of a bad regulating valve
Thank you for this water cooled ice machine troubleshooter. Quick question: I changed one of these valves several years ago and i think if you are changing the water valve, you do NOT have to recover the refrigerant right? I totally forgot.
what if my freezing time is too long? harvest time is ok, but freeze time getting around 40-50min instead of 20-25mins, after 25min im gonna manually switch to harvest and its going well, but if i dont manually switch to harvest it gonna be overfreezed. can you help me?
Hello. Thanks for teaching us . with your skills! My question is how do I download the temperature hot , and cold line , chat that I see in your phone?
I got a compressor I believe burnt out, checked pressures and they are equal, no movement. Compressor sounds gnarly and it starts to get really hot. Hi pressure line isn't getting hot whatsoever. I'm trying to find out the cause as to why the compressor has failed, there was a company here a couple years ago from the notes that replaced the compressor once already I dont know if I should replace the txv as well.. I don't wanna get a new one in and the same problem pops up down the road. I'm going to flush all the lines with rx11 and put another drier in line to pick up any extra acids in the system. Any pointers?
Is the curtain on correctly, water probes hooked up, water in the trough etc. Too many things could go wrong, the led’s on the board should point you in The right direction
Thank you, repairing an ice machine has been bothering me for the past few days, after I saw you adjust the water valve, I did the same with you, all the pressure is very good. Harvest is also normal.
Great to hear!
Its really cool to see how the refrigerant process works on a Ice machine.
It’s a beautiful process
We don't see water cooled stuff alot here thanks for the pointers!!
They are slowly starting to be phased out around here.
Thank you bro this was extremely helpful, I was about to pull the whole reefer charge and refill it. Now I know what the pressures need to look like
Good content. I got a crash course on water cooled ice machines. Learned a lot about how they work and ended up with a cleaning and replacing the water valve because it leaked. This was also a harvest issue.
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Thank you so much Anthony, I learn every day new way to troubleshooting thank you 🙏👏.
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Having the same issues with a manitowoc u140a under counter harvesting is taking long and the safety 2 is flashing on the board I cleaned the ice machine it did make ice but harvest time was still long
Professional diagnosis and explanation!
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Great method on solving this one
great content man. just discovered your channel. i need to get one of those magnetic testers! thanks for your time.
Yes it’s pretty clutch
Well done.. those water valves are a pain sometimes
Good job at usually 👍
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Great info! One question, what would you have done if this was an air cooled machine? Would you have added refrigerant to increase those pressures? Keep the videos coming wr all benefit from them. Thanks again.
If I had low head the issue could be a low charge, a restriction (potentially the TXV) or an inefficient compressor. Would need to see the suction pressure to make a more accurate assessment
Got one 100 psi suction , 200 high side , had bad water level probe machine had been running without water compressor cool to touch and liquid line not hot ? Compressor??
Do you think there's a chance you may have just been slightly low on refrigerant? Because you were low on both sides.... And when you adjusted the valve your pressures did change... I'm just wondering if you didn't have enough refrigerant. It ran a long time before on that old valve and it was set at that pressure before for all those years... But I have seen those valves go bad especially when the units off and water still running down the drain
At first I was thinking low charge but my suction pressure was really good and my sheet of ice was even right across so I didn’t go that route. When I got there, the unit was off and there was water going down the drain so that also pointed me in the direction of a bad regulating valve
are these the pressurea for all manitowoc ice machines
Thank you for this water cooled ice machine troubleshooter. Quick question: I changed one of these valves several years ago and i think if you are changing the water valve, you do NOT have to recover the refrigerant right? I totally forgot.
Yes, it is connected to the Condensor and based on the pressure in th Condensor, it tells the PRV how much to open/close.
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what if my freezing time is too long? harvest time is ok, but freeze time getting around 40-50min instead of 20-25mins, after 25min im gonna manually switch to harvest and its going well, but if i dont manually switch to harvest it gonna be overfreezed. can you help me?
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Ha thanks
So mine is not making ice. water and parts clean new pump/ice sensor/water valve/water probe was replaced. Evap never getting cold enough to make ice.
Hello. Thanks for teaching us . with your skills! My question is how do I download the temperature hot , and cold line , chat that I see in your phone?
Unfortunately not
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Can’t wait… my team finished last place so my playoffs start on draft lottery day.
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The HABS ?
Yes sir!
I got a compressor I believe burnt out, checked pressures and they are equal, no movement. Compressor sounds gnarly and it starts to get really hot. Hi pressure line isn't getting hot whatsoever. I'm trying to find out the cause as to why the compressor has failed, there was a company here a couple years ago from the notes that replaced the compressor once already I dont know if I should replace the txv as well.. I don't wanna get a new one in and the same problem pops up down the road. I'm going to flush all the lines with rx11 and put another drier in line to pick up any extra acids in the system. Any pointers?
Replace filters and deep vacuum. It’s rare I change the TXV
What if it's not?
All i did was Cleaned a machine like this and now it's not producing ice. You got any suggestions on why it would not work afterwards
It's a about a 2005 model
Is the curtain on correctly, water probes hooked up, water in the trough etc. Too many things could go wrong, the led’s on the board should point you in The right direction
By chance do you have a good place that I can find manuals before call manitowoc?
Partstown will have some and on Manitowoc’s site they will have all the service manuals.
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Where Is the valv what did adjust?
On the water cooled condenser coil
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