Viking nugget model: ICE, NO WATER and DRAIN lamps all blinking (Er01)
On Viking's FNIU515D, all three lamps blinking at once is Er01, the evaporator temperature error: 30 minutes into ice making the evaporator is still at 32°F or above.
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- Ice making and harvest
- Ice maker assembly replacement
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What Er01
actually means.
On Viking's FNIU515D, all three lamps blinking at once is Er01, the evaporator temperature error: 30 minutes into ice making the evaporator is still at 32°F or above. Viking points to the refrigerant system or to the temperature sensor and how it is attached.
Viking ice maker display · also shown as ICE, NO WATER and DRAIN lamps blinking
What to do when Er01 shows on the ice makerKind of codeIce making and harvest
The ice maker froze a batch and could not release it, or the harvest never started: the ejector arm or the twisting tray stalled, the mold heater did not loosen the cubes, or the arm that senses a full bin reported the wrong thing. Ice jammed against the arm and a bin pushed in crooked are cleared first; a motor module or a whole ice maker assembly comes after.
Usually leads toIce maker assembly replacement
A new ice maker module fitted in the freezer compartment or the door compartment, after the water, the temperature and the bin sensor have been proved good, so the new part is not blamed for an old problem.
Shows up asNugget Ice Maker Not Making Nugget Ice
A nugget ice maker not making ice runs and hums but drops nothing, makes wet slush instead of crisp pellets, or stops after a few batches with a light on.
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 Er01 on its ice makers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Make sure the front grille is not blocked and the unit is not next to an oven or other heat source.
Switch the power off, wait a few minutes and switch it back on.
If the three lamps blink again, book a visit to check the sealed system and the evaporator sensor.
Still there?
It usually turns into ice maker assembly replacement. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
Er01 is not a water or drain problem, even though those two lamps are blinking. The three-lamp pattern is one code for an evaporator that is not getting cold.
What you may
notice with it.
The ice maker problems Er01 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the ice maker before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where Er01 usually leads
Ice maker assembly replacement.
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
Ice making and harvest on other makes
All 19 codes of this kind
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
passed during the ice making (Er01)
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.
Viking Er01 ice maker repair,
where we come out.
The same visit in every metro below: the code, the model number, and a diagnosis before any part is ordered.
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ChicagoIL · 50 areas
Los AngelesCA · 95 areas
San DiegoCA · 31 areas
Questions
about Er01.
Can I clear Er01 myself?
All three lamps on my Viking nugget ice maker are blinking. What now?
Is Er01 on a Viking always a refrigerant leak?
Should I keep restarting my Viking after Er01?
Back to your everyday
Still showing Er01?
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.