KitchenAid Ice Machine cleaning light blinks Options  Email this topic  Watch this topic  Print this topic » Normal Threaded
Model: KUIS155HRS3	Brand: Kitchen Aid	Age: 5 - 10 years
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d.knight		#1 Posted : Thursday, November 6, 2008 9:14:12 PM(UTC)
Rank: Member Groups: Registered Joined: 10/29/2008(UTC) Posts: 2		"Cleaning light" blinking and stops making ice. If you turn off the unit and restart, it will make one or two cycles of ice, then the "cleaning" light will blink. I replaced the control board and the machine made about ten pounds of ice, but then the "cleaning" started blinking again.
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v2k04		#2 Posted : Friday, November 7, 2008 5:17:26 AM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Senior Expert Joined: 10/9/2008(UTC) Posts: 784		It could be flashing a failure code like a bad thermistor. If it flashes 2 times its the bin thermistor if it flashes 5 times then pauses its the evap thermistor
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d.knight		#3 Posted : Friday, November 7, 2008 7:13:36 PM(UTC)
Rank: Member Groups: Registered Joined: 10/29/2008(UTC) Posts: 2		The "cleaning" light is simply flashing steady at about once per second, continually with no pause.
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v2k04		#4 Posted : Saturday, November 8, 2008 3:09:01 AM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Senior Expert Joined: 10/9/2008(UTC) Posts: 784		Try disconnecting the bin thermistor and see if it will go through a cycle Here is the service manual and another site with good info Repairing the Whirlpool Ice Machine http://truetex.com/ice_machine_gi1500.pdf
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bluefitness		#5 Posted : Tuesday, March 28, 2017 4:35:37 PM(UTC)
Rank: Member Groups: Registered Joined: 10/28/2008(UTC) Posts: 75 Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		I know this is an old post. Did you every figure out what was wrong with your ice machine? Mine is doing the same thing.
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WardThomas		#6 Posted : Tuesday, June 20, 2023 2:01:30 PM(UTC)
Rank: Member Groups: Registered Joined: 6/20/2023(UTC) Posts: 0		I have one doing the exact same problem. Cleaning light blinks steady and it's hot inside the bin. Will make a few cycles of ice after reset but then does the same thing again.
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Guest		#7 Posted : Friday, March 22, 2024 11:38:23 AM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Joined: 8/10/2018(UTC) Posts: 0 Location: 99556 Was thanked: 4 time(s) in 4 post(s)		Did anybody ever figure out what this was. Mine is doing the same thing as above
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