--- title: "Café clear-ice maker Time to Clean light flashing" description: "What Time to Clean flashing means on Café clear-ice maker Time to Clean light flashings, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at all." url: "https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/cafe-time-to-clean-flashing/" --- # Café clear-ice maker Time to Clean light flashing On Café's clear-ice maker the Time to Clean light comes on at about five months so you can order cleaner and flashes around six months to ask for a cleaning. ## What Time to Clean flashing actually means. On Café's clear-ice maker the Time to Clean light comes on at about five months so you can order cleaner and flashes around six months to ask for a cleaning. It also flashes once you press and hold Clean, which is your cue to pour in the cleaner. Café ice maker display What to do when Time to Clean flashing 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 If the light flashes and you have not started a cycle, empty the bin and start one with the Clean button. ### Shows up as Ice Maker Making Small or Hollow Cubes The ice maker making small cubes, thin crescents, hollow shells with water inside or fragments that break apart in the bin tells you the mold is not getting a full fill. ### 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 clear ice maker UCC15NP (owner's manual 49-1000640). ## Before you book, in this order. Each step comes from Café's own guidance for Time to Clean flashing on its ice makers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 If the light flashes and you have not started a cycle, empty the bin and start one with the Clean button. 02 When the light starts flashing after you hold Clean, add the 3 ounces of cleaner from the squirt bottle. 03 Let the cycle finish; the light turns off when it is complete. 04 If it stays on after a finished cycle, 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 A flashing Time to Clean light is not a breakdown. On a clear-ice unit it is either a due date or a cycle in progress. ## What you may notice with it. The ice maker problems Time to Clean flashing tends to arrive with. Answer these at the ice maker before anyone is booked. [All problems](https://icemakerrepair.center/problems/) Before you call ### [Ice Maker Making Small or Hollow Cubes](https://icemakerrepair.center/problems/ice-maker-making-small-or-hollow-cubes/) [All 6 causes, cheapest first](https://icemakerrepair.center/problems/ice-maker-making-small-or-hollow-cubes/) It also comes with - [**Cloudy or Discolored Ice**](https://icemakerrepair.center/problems/ice-cloudy-or-discolored/) - [**Ice Maker Error Code**](https://icemakerrepair.center/problems/ice-maker-error-code/) Problem ### Ice Maker Making Small or Hollow Cubes 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. 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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 > function. The Time to Clean light will start to flash. [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 clear ice maker owner's manual 49-1000640 (UCC15NP)](https://images.salsify.com/image/upload/s--CAopnbcU--/aab1a1eb02be19b1afdd30b9469f750355bcc664.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 clear ice maker UCC15NP (owner's manual 49-1000640). ## Café Time to Clean flashing ice maker repair, where we come out. 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If the light flashes and you have not started a cycle, empty the bin and start one with the Clean button. ### Why did the Time to Clean light start flashing right after I pressed Clean on my Café? That is expected. The flashing tells you the cleaning function has started and it is time to add the cleaner. ### Does scale make Café clear ice come out incomplete? Yes. The manual lists scale on the ice making system as the cause of cubes that are not fully formed, and cleaning as the fix. ### How long before the Time to Clean light on a Café goes out? When the cleaning cycle is complete. If it stays lit after that, book a visit. --- **[Read on the site: Café clear-ice maker Time to Clean light flashing](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/cafe-time-to-clean-flashing/)** **[Book a visit with IceMakerRepair.center](https://icemakerrepair.center/schedule/)**