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# Café undercounter ice maker Making Ice light flashing when switched off

When you turn a Café built-in ice maker off while it is making ice, the Making Ice light flashes until the current cycle is complete, and the unit then drains the water in its tank.

## What Making Ice light flashing after power off actually means.

When you turn a Café built-in ice maker off while it is making ice, the Making Ice light flashes until the current cycle is complete, and the unit then drains the water in its tank. It is the normal shutdown sequence.

Café ice maker display

What to do when Making Ice light flashing after power off shows on the ice maker

### Kind of code Mode, not a failure

Something the ice maker was switched into, often without anyone noticing, rather than something that broke: ice turned off from the panel or by the wire arm lifted while reaching into the bin, a control lock, a Sabbath setting, a cleaning cycle still running, a reminder that the water filter is due. No part has worn out, and the ice maker's own buttons or arm put it right.

### Usually leads to No repair

Wait for the light to stop; the nugget model gives 1 to 3 minutes.

### Shows up as Ice Maker Light Flashing

An ice maker light flashing where it used to glow steadily: a blinking power or ice light, a flashing clean or descale symbol, an add-water light, or a status light on the ice maker itself.

### Make Café

Service for Café ice makers, covering the dispenser, the bin and the water supply behind them.

### Source GE Appliances 15-inch clear ice maker owner's manual 49-1000640 (UCC15NP)

Café 15-inch panel-ready ice makers UCC15NP and UNC15NP.

## Before you book, in this order.

Each step comes from Café's own guidance for Making Ice light flashing after power off on its ice makers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.

01

Wait for the light to stop; the nugget model gives 1 to 3 minutes.

02

Let the unit drain its tank before unplugging or moving it.

03

If you must stop it at once, press and hold Power again as the manual describes.

04

If the light flashes long after shutdown, book a visit.

### Cleared?

The ice maker is filling and dropping cubes again and no part was needed. If the same code returns during the next harvest, or water shows up on the floor again, book it as a new problem.

### What not to do

The flashing Making Ice light at shutdown is not a water or sensor problem. It only means the last cycle is being completed.

## What you may notice with it.

The ice maker problems Making Ice light flashing after power off tends to arrive with. Answer these at the ice maker before anyone is booked.

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Before you call

### [Ice Maker Light Flashing](https://icemakerrepair.center/problems/ice-maker-light-flashing/)

[All 6 causes, cheapest first](https://icemakerrepair.center/problems/ice-maker-light-flashing/)

It also comes with

- [**Ice Maker Error Code**](https://icemakerrepair.center/problems/ice-maker-error-code/)

Problem

### Ice Maker Light Flashing

6 causes, cheapest first

No repair indicated

## Nothing to repair.

Something the ice maker was switched into, often without anyone noticing, rather than something that broke: ice turned off from the panel or by the wire arm lifted while reaching into the bin, a control lock, a Sabbath setting, a cleaning cycle still running, a reminder that the water filter is due. No part has worn out, and the ice maker's own buttons or arm put it right.

[How to read what your ice maker is telling you](https://icemakerrepair.center/problems/ice-maker-error-code/)

## Café ice makers.

Service for Café ice makers, covering the dispenser, the bin and the water supply behind them.

[Café ice maker repair](https://icemakerrepair.center/brands/cafe/)

More Café codes

[CI](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/cafe-ci/) [Making Ice and Filter lights flashing alternately](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/cafe-making-ice-and-filter-lights-flashing-alternately/) [Several control lights flashing](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/cafe-several-control-lights-flashing/) [Time to Clean flashing](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/cafe-time-to-clean-flashing/) [Replace Filter light](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/cafe-replace-filter-light/)

Mode, not a failure on other makes

[Bertazzoni Water filter symbol](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/bertazzoni-water-filter-symbol/) [Dacor Filter indicator blinking red](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/dacor-filter-indicator-blinking/) [Electrolux Replace Water Filter](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/electrolux-replace-water-filter/) [Frigidaire Water Filter Status](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/frigidaire-water-filter-status/) [Fulgor Milano Replace filter](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/fulgor-milano-replace-filter/) [GE Profile Yellow front button](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/ge-profile-yellow-front-button/) [GE Time to Clean light](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/ge-time-to-clean-light/) [JennAir Clean light blinking](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/jennair-clean-light-blinking/)

[All 37 codes of this kind](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/#family-mode)

Café builds this

### Door ice maker

The ice maker that feeds the dispenser on the outside of a door: tucked into an insulated box in the left door of a French door model, or at the top of the freezer side of a side-by-side, with a chute and an auger carrying cubes to your glass.

Café builds this

### Undercounter ice maker

A built-in residential ice maker that lives under a kitchen, bar or basement counter, making clear cubes or chewable nugget ice on its own cooling system, with a water line in and a gravity drain or a small drain pump out.

## In Café's own words

> will flash until the current icemaking cycle is complete prior to turning off. The icemaker will also drain

[GE Appliances 15-inch clear ice maker owner's manual 49-1000640 (UCC15NP)](https://images.salsify.com/image/upload/s--CAopnbcU--/aab1a1eb02be19b1afdd30b9469f750355bcc664.pdf) [GE Appliances 15-inch nugget ice maker owner's manual 49-1000610 (UNC15NP)](https://images.salsify.com/image/upload/s--3_JJqwRd--/fdfb9c4278609450c9f2aa3b4dc28cf38b10286c.pdf)

Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Café 15-inch panel-ready ice makers UCC15NP and UNC15NP.

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## Questions about Making Ice light flashing after power off.

### Can I clear Making Ice light flashing after power off myself?

Wait for the light to stop; the nugget model gives 1 to 3 minutes.

### Why does my Café ice maker keep flashing after I turn it off?

It is finishing the cycle in progress and then draining its tank. The light stops when that is done.

### Is water draining after shutdown normal on a Café built-in unit?

Yes. The manual says the ice maker drains the tank every time it is turned off.

### How do I stop a Café ice maker immediately?

Press and hold the Power button again, as the manual describes for an immediate stop.

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