Ice-Making System Cleaning

7. Re-attach the top panel.

Minerals that are removed from water during the freezing cycle will eventually form a hard, scaly deposit in the water system. Cleaning the system regularly helps remove the mineral scale buildup. How often you need to clean the system depends on how hard your water is or how effective your filtration may be. With hard water of 15 to 20 grains/ gallon (4 to 5 grains/liter), you may need to clean the system as often as every 3 months.

1.Set the power switch to OFF.

2.Remove all ice cubes from the storage bin.

3.Keep the ice maker connected to the water supply. Pour 8 oz. of Nickel-Safe Ice Maker Cleaner Solution into the water tank.

4.Turn the power switch ON. Within 3 minutes, press the CLEAN button. The machine will run the Automatic Clean mode. The yellow Ice Harvest and the red Ice Full LEDs will blink.

5.The cleaning cycle will continue for 30 minutes unless you press the power switch (you can press the power switch to stop the cleaning cycle any time during the 30 minutes). After cleaning, the yellow Ice Harvest and the red Ice Full LEDs go on steady and the machine returns to Stand-by mode.

6.The dirty water must be drained out completely. Perform steps 2 and 3 in the Interior Cleaning section.

7.Repeat steps 3 to 6 above three times to rinse the ice-making system completely. NOTE: Do not add Ice Maker Cleaner Solution to the water trough during the rinses.

8.If you want to make ice cubes after cleaning, turn off the power switch, drain off the waste water, then turn on the power switch. The next ice-making cycle will begin.

9.Discard the first batch of ice.

Control Panel (located at left side of front bottom louver panel)