INITIAL START UP
Remote Condenser:
1. Check that all connections have been made.
Ice Maker:
1. Remove front panel by pulling out to unsnap.
2. Remove two screws and the control box cover.
3. Remove the evaporator cover.
4. Remove the left side service panel.
5. Check that the ON/WASH/OFF rocker switch
and the Compressor ON-OFF toggle switch are in
the OFF position, on the control box.
6. Locate and open the king (service) valve on the
receiver. Check that the crankcase heater has
been on long enough to warm the compressor
dome (about 12 hours).
7. OPEN the water supply line shut off valve.
8. Inside the control box is the shaft of the timer
and the switch assembly. Rotate the shaft of the
timer and switch assembly clockwise to where the
actuator arm on the microswitch drops off outer
cam into cam slot. See Timer Cam Positions.
9. Move the ON/WASH/OFF rocker switch to the
ON position.
10. Observe water fill cycle: Water pump operates
and water inlet solenoid valve OPENS, incoming
water flows from the valve through the tubing, the
reservoir fills and excess water drains out the
machine drain. At the end of the harvest cycle, the
water inlet solenoid valve will close and the water
fill cycle is complete. If the reservoir is not full,
advance the shaft of the timer clockwise into a new
harvest cycle; this opens the water valve again.
The water pump pumps water up to the water
distributor at the top of each evaporator plate,
where water is uniformly dispensed, cascades
down both sides of each evaporator plate and
drains back into the reservoir for recirculation.
11. Check that the water cascades down over
each cube mold and into the reservoir.
12. When the reservoir is full, move the
compressor ON-OFF toggle switch, to the ON
position.
13. Check operation of the freezing cycle: The
compressor is operating.The icemaking process
begins; feeling the metal parts of the evaporator
plate reveals cold temperature, very shortly ice
begins to form. Tubing will become frosted at the
top of the evaporator plate. Freezing time will
range between 13 and 15 minutes. Longer time for
temperatures above 70 degrees F. and shorter
time required when temperatures are below
70-degrees F. Average complete cycle time is
about 16 minutes.
TIMER CAM POSITIONS
MICROSWITCH
ACTUATOR
CAM &
SHAFT
HARVEST
PORTION
FREEZE
PORTION
“KING”
VALVE
ON/WASH/OFF
SWITCH
EVAPORATOR
COVER
CMS1002R
September, 1993
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