Sub-Zero 50 U 86: the flow meter measured low water flow
On Classic (BI) built-in models, 50 U 86 means the water flow meter measured low flow.
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- Water supply and fill
- Ice maker water inlet valve repair
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What 50 U 86
actually means.
On Classic (BI) built-in models, 50 U 86 means the water flow meter measured low flow. Slow flow can shortchange the ice maker and the dispenser, giving small cubes and weak water streams.
Sub-Zero ice maker display · also shown as 50-U-86, 50U86
What to do when 50 U 86 shows on the ice makerKind of codeWater supply and fill
The ice maker asked for water and got too little, too slowly or none at all, or water kept arriving after the fill should have ended. A closed shutoff, a kinked line, a clogged filter and low house pressure are ruled out before the water inlet valve is replaced or the fill tube is thawed. If water is on the floor, close the supply valve before reading anything on the display.
Usually leads toIce maker water inlet valve repair
The electric valve that lets water into the ice maker, tested and replaced when it will not open, opens only partway, or keeps dripping after it should have closed.
Shows up asIce 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.
MakeSub-Zero
Sub-Zero ice maker service, for ice makers in built-in units and those under the counter.
SourceSub-Zero answer: Classic built-in error code 50 U 86
Sub-Zero Classic (BI) built-in models with a water flow meter.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Sub-Zero's own guidance for 50 U 86 on its ice makers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Check that the shutoff valve to the unit is fully open and the supply line is not kinked behind the unit.
Replace the water filter if it is past its interval.
Switch the unit's home breaker off for 30 seconds and back on; book a visit if 50 U 86 returns.
Still there?
It usually turns into ice maker water inlet valve repair. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
50 U 86 is not a report that water has stopped entirely. It describes weak flow, not no flow.
What you may
notice with it.
The ice maker problems 50 U 86 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the ice maker before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where 50 U 86 usually leads
Ice maker water inlet valve repair.
Sub-Zero
ice makers.
Sub-Zero ice maker service, for ice makers in built-in units and those under the counter.
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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.
Freezer ice maker
The ice maker that sits inside the freezer compartment itself, a tray that twists or a mold with a heater and an ejector, dropping cubes into a bin or drawer you open by hand, with no dispenser on the door.
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 Sub-Zero's own words
Water flow meter detected low flow
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Sub-Zero Classic (BI) built-in models with a water flow meter.
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Back to your everyday
Still showing 50 U 86?
Book with the code or the blink pattern written exactly as the ice maker shows it, the full model number, and whether there is any water on the floor — when there is a code, that is where the diagnosis starts.