Viking nugget model: DRAIN lamp blinking (Er16)
On Viking's FNIU515D, a blinking DRAIN lamp is Er16, the water drain error: after the drain valve operated, the lower water level sensor was not reached within 2 minutes.
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What Er16
actually means.
On Viking's FNIU515D, a blinking DRAIN lamp is Er16, the water drain error: after the drain valve operated, the lower water level sensor was not reached within 2 minutes. The unit resets after 5 minutes; the drain pump must also be able to push water out through its line.
Viking ice maker display · also shown as DRAIN lamp blinking
What to do when Er16 shows on the ice makerKind of codeDrain and pump
An undercounter ice maker could not get rid of its meltwater or its rinse water: the drain pump did not run, its float stuck, or the drain line is blocked, kinked or frozen. Water backing up inside can spill onto the floor, so the water supply is closed before anything else, then the line and the pump are cleared or replaced.
Usually leads toDrain pump and drain line repair
The drain that carries meltwater and unused water out of a built-in ice maker, whether by gravity or with a small pump, cleared, re-routed or given a new pump when water stands in the bin or spills out of the door.
Shows up asUndercounter Ice Maker Not Draining
An undercounter ice maker not draining leaves standing water in the bottom of the bin, turns cubes into a slushy layer, smells musty, or shows a drain light.
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 Er16 on its ice makers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Check the drain line from the pump for kinks, sags or a blocked outlet.
Look inside the bin and under the unit for water; close the supply valve if any is escaping.
If the lamp keeps blinking after the reset, book a visit to test the drain valve and level sensor.
Still there?
It usually turns into drain pump and drain line repair. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
Er16 is no sign of a closed supply. Water has come in; the trouble is getting it back out.
What you may
notice with it.
The ice maker problems Er16 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the ice maker before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where Er16 usually leads
Drain pump and drain line repair.
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
Drain and pump on other makes
All 4 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
operates (Er16)
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 Er16 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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Questions
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Back to your everyday
Still showing Er16?
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.