Viking nugget model: lamps flickering twice in a row, time to clean
On Viking's FNIU515D, when ICE, NO WATER and DRAIN each flicker twice one after another, the unit is signaling that a cleaning cycle is due.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Mode, not a failure
- No repair needed
- Source: Viking
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What Lamps flicker twice in sequence
actually means.
On Viking's FNIU515D, when ICE, NO WATER and DRAIN each flicker twice one after another, the unit is signaling that a cleaning cycle is due. It appears after a cumulative 6 months of ice making and keeps going until the cleaning function is run.
Viking ice maker display · also shown as Cleaning signal
What to do when Lamps flicker twice in sequence shows on the ice makerKind of codeMode, 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 toNo repair
Buy Viking Ice Machine Cleaner, the only cleaner Viking allows for this unit.
Shows up asIce 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.
MakeViking
Viking ice maker repair, whether it sits under the counter or inside a built-in unit.
SourceViking FNIU515D 15-inch panel-ready nugget ice model owner's guide (Viking's Middleby CDN PDF)
Viking FNIU515D panel-ready nugget model with drain pump; the three lamps are ICE, NO WATER and DRAIN on the display panel.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Viking's own guidance for Lamps flicker twice in sequence on its ice makers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Buy Viking Ice Machine Cleaner, the only cleaner Viking allows for this unit.
Mix 2 oz. of cleaner into two quarts of water and run the cleaning cycle as the owner's guide describes.
When the cycle finishes the lamps stop flickering; if they keep going, 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 flickering sequence reports no failure. It is a maintenance reminder and the unit keeps making ice while it shows.
What you may
notice with it.
The ice maker problems Lamps flicker twice in sequence tends to arrive with. Answer these at the ice maker before anyone is booked.
All problems
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.
Viking
ice makers.
Viking ice maker repair, whether it sits under the counter or inside a built-in unit.
Viking ice maker repairMore Viking codes
Mode, not a failure on other makes
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 Viking's own words
the ice, no water, and drain lamps each flicker twice sequentially.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Viking FNIU515D panel-ready nugget model with drain pump; the three lamps are ICE, NO WATER and DRAIN on the display panel.
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Back to your everyday
Still showing Lamps flicker twice in sequence?
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.