TROUBLESHOOTING
IMPORTANT: Only qualified personnel should
service internal components or electrical wiring.
Should your unit fail to operate properly, check that
there is power to the unit and that the hopper
contains ice. If the unit does not dispense, check
the following chart under the appropriate
symptoms to aid in locating the defect.
Trouble
Probable Cause
BLOWN FUSE OR CIRCUIT BREAKER.
A. Short circuit in wiring.
B. Defective gate solenoid.
C. Defective agitator motor.
GATE DOES NOT OPEN. AGITATOR DOES NOT TURN.
A. No power.
B. Bent depressor plate (does not actuate switch).
C. Defective dispensing switch.
GATE DOES NOT OPEN OR IS SLUGGISH. AGITATOR TURNS.
A. Defective gate solenoid.
B. Excessive pressure against gate slide.
C. Defective rectifier.
ICE DISPENSES CONTINUOUSLY.
A. Stuck or bent depressor plate (does not release switch).
B. Defective dispensing switch.
C. Improper switch installation.
SLUSHY ICE. WATER IN HOPPER.
A. Blocked drain.
B. Unit not level.
C. Poor ice quality due to water quality or icemaker problems.
D. Improper use of flaked ice.
ID150, ID200, ID250
May 2002
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